• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    That’s not how the US electoral system works. If the vote turns out 49%/48%/3%, then the guy with 49% wins. Unless your 3rd party is polling in the mid forties (and is therefore not a 3rd party) all you are doing is vote splitting

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      7 months ago

      Wow. What a mathematically flawed electoral system!

      So now that we all understand how first past the post voting will always result in a two party system… what is the ETA on Ranked choice voting being implemented in all blue states?

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      7 months ago

      there is no reason to believe someone voting for a so-called third party would vote for another politician. it’s not as though we don’t know they exist, and haven’t been browbeaten repeatedly about this.

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      7 months ago

      You keep assuming that third party voters will vote for your guy. They very well may vote against him, if at all.

      I dont think you understand anything about third party voters.