• bostonbananarama@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    what is your opposition to a third party?

    They can’t win. Also none of them are serious candidates with requisite experience in governing.

    Ask yourself, why do you think if people had a choice, that it would only negatively affect your choice.

    Because we don’t have ranked choice voting, and instead have FPTP. So based on the electorate and the electoral system, no one except Biden or Trump will win. If you’d prefer Biden over Trump and you vote for a third party candidate, you’re essentially making it more likely Trump will win.

    • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I personally can not stand either candidate, to the point I have trouble viewing either one as even human due to their long histories of harm. That people keep trying to stick to the status quo, even as things are going now is just ridiculous. Most Americans I have talked to feel similar. That a third party can’t win is something the two entrenching parties both try to delude us into supporting. Ross Perrot won almost 20% of the vote against Bush and Clinton who weren’t as bad candidates as Trump and Biden. This is literally a race to the bottom, and instead of stopping the car everyone is saying just keep going for your side til we all crash.