• LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Get ready for next 11 months of “BoTh SidEs aRE thE SaME” bullshit.

    If both sides are same, why not vote for pro-genocide corporate shill who is not a rapist, not a traitor, and not a criminal?

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        8 months ago

        Unfortunately the incumbent has a massive advantage. It’s rare for a party to switch to a different candidate when one of theirs already has the seat.

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        8 months ago

        Please name the third party candidate that has a reasonable chance of beating both Trump and Biden.

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          8 months ago

          This is the primary. This is when we should be able to vote for candidates who more closely align with our views. (Like being anti-genocide.)

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            8 months ago

            Primaries are when you vote for a candidate from a specific party. The person above me said to vote third party. You can’t do that in a primary. It was obvious they were talking about the general election.

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          8 months ago

          Both of the people you named commit genocide. Voting for them means you endorse genocide. I fail to see how percentages are relevant here.

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            8 months ago

            The vote is to elect a president. If you are not going to vote for someone who has a chance of winning, what is the point of voting at all?

            I will happily vote for a third party candidate that has a chance of winning. I have asked for a name many times and have yet to be given one.

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              8 months ago

              I live in a state that is not even close to be competitive. Why should I not vote for the Green Party candidate?

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                  8 months ago

                  In my state, the two major parties keep changing the rules to make it harder for other parties to get ballot access. If a party gets a certain number of votes in the general, they can keep their ballot access without needing to jump through a bunch of expensive hoops designed to keep them out. I vote to have more choice in future elections. Because that is all I can vote for.

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                    8 months ago

                    Okay, that is, at least, a reasonable explanation of why to vote third party without having to name a candidate. You’re literally the first person who has done this even though I have asked people who tell me to vote third party for a name for months now.

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              8 months ago

              The Greens have a 99% chance of winning if everyone stops acting like Biden is holding a gun against their heads to prevent them from voting differently.

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                I see, so if something that is almost certainly not going to happen happens, a Green candidate who you have not named has a 99% chance of beating Trump.

                That’s not what I asked. I didn’t ask for special, very unlikely circumstances.

                Name the third party candidate who has a good chance of winning as things stand now. Just give me a name.

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                    8 months ago

                    Your wild guess percentages based on zero evidence are not a name. You still have not given me a name. Who am I supposed to vote for if you won’t even give me a name?

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                8 months ago

                “candidate X would easily win if everybody voted for them”

                No shit, now who are they and how do you propose convincing people to vote for them?