• YeetPics@mander.xyz
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    4 months ago

    What happens in a FPTP system with only 2 viable parties when everyone doesn’t vote for the least maniacal of the two?

    Who do you think wins that bout?

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      4 months ago

      whoever is first past the post. if you know I’m not voting for Biden and your only concern is keeping trump out of office, you shouldn’t vote for Biden, either: vote for Jill stein or cornel west

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          4 months ago

          vote splitting is a myth that relies on the presumption that I would vote for anybody except the candidate that I’m choosing. it presumes that The votes belong to some candidate and giving them to another candidate is siphoning them away. The truth is that the votes belong to voters and it’s up to politicians to earn them.

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            4 months ago

            That works in an idyllic world, but sometimes I want my actions to leave an impact I agree with.