AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.message-squaremessage-square346fedilinkarrow-up11.08Karrow-down1151
arrow-up1924arrow-down1message-squareTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square346fedilink
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·2 months agoTell that to all the people who will be hurt if that protest vote enables someone worse.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·2 months agoVoting for the party that is consciously using the other one as a boogeyman will enable someone worse with no doubt. They are both worse. And before the actual ballots are being cast, the public opinion sending right signals to Dems would reduce that risk.
Tell that to all the people who will be hurt if that protest vote enables someone worse.
Voting for the party that is consciously using the other one as a boogeyman will enable someone worse with no doubt. They are both worse.
And before the actual ballots are being cast, the public opinion sending right signals to Dems would reduce that risk.
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