• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I don’t get this. 3rd party will never win. Ever. There are two real options.

    People are voting third party because you believe there are only 2 real options.

    Vote for the one that offers the best outcome for you.

    Gotcha, we should vote for Claudia De La Crúz.

    Not doing that is accepting that you are ok with the worst of the two, because you had a chance to keep them out of office and choose not to.

    Both Trump and Harris are the worst options, that’s why we are going against them.

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      1 month ago

      How is voting for her the best option. Literally all she can do is benefit the Republicans by pulling votes from the Dems. Hell, in Georgia they’ve literally ruled that votes for her won’t be counted even though she’s on the ballot.

      Her winning the US Presidential election is less-likely than winning the power all 25 consecutive times by finding the winning ticket on the ground at random truck stops in Malaysia.

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        1 month ago

        For a few reasons.

        1. If you have no red line in the sand, then that gives the Dems free reign to do whatever they please.

        2. It helps boost PSL’s platform, which is revolutionary, and therefore important to get new members

        3. If she gets more than 5% of the vote, then PSL gets better ballot access and public funding

        4. It helps delegitimize the electoral system.