• shaiatan@midwest.social
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    5 months ago

    “What does success look like for third-party candidates?” - non-existent until we get past FPTP. Why is this a headline?

    • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      Because in a democracy we can vote for whomever we choose. Biden, Trump, third party, write in, no vote.

      Seems the party that’s going to save democracy doesn’t like democracy very much.

      • CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Unfortunately our democracy is flawed, and our election system punishes similar candidates who run against each other in the general election.

        Because of this, our political parties are more like coalitions, made up various groups with overlapping goals, who choose one candidate through a primary, so that they don’t cannibalize each other in the general election.

        This means that those who run third party anyway are either looking for publicity, cynically playing the spoiler, or fools.

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        5 months ago

        Ah but not just anyone can win…only the person who gets more than 270 ec votes… otherwise Congress just gets to choose