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[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah. But that’s not them doing anything wrong lol.

It’s the system. You have a electoral college majority vote system that only allows two parties because a third party would split the vote. As long as you have that one, it’s literally impossible for any third candidate to win, so it will just remove votes for the better option of the real possible one.

Of course this is horrible and of course no-one likes it. But you have to change the underlying system in order to really get a viable alternative.

Just saying "the system is bad (it is!!) so I won’t follow its rules and waste my vote" won’t help anybody. It will just allow the even worse option to flourish.

[–] MonsieurArkadin@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How did Ross Perot run then? Clearly the System will allow for a third party it's the people who have decided that they can't.

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Ross Perot did literally get zero electoral college votes. Any vote given to him was an absolutely wasted vote.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'll take "People arguing with comments they didn't understand" for $500, Alex.