• Gurei@sh.itjust.works
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    19 hours ago

    The only time I went third party it wasn’t to win. It was because I saw it as two main candudates so shirty that there was a good chance for third party to snag more voters than usual, possibly enough to gain slightly better recognition in the future.

    The monkey’s paw curled.

    We got Trump. The recognition came as irrational blame for Trump.

    I won’t make the same mistake of voting for someone I think would do the best job. Now it’s merely an effort to keep the worst viable candidate out.

    • Grapho@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      You do understand that this is exactly what the democrats and the GOP want? Most importantly, what the people funding both parties want. If you’ll vote for an unelected enabler of genocide just to keep another guy out you’re showing them morals don’t come into the equation for your vote.

      What’s stopping them from running a charismatic fascist vs an unlikable one?

      Stop blaming voters for the democratic party repeatedly choosing the most conservative candidate and pretending they did it for “electability”, only to end up in tight races.