Sixty-three percent of Americans say a third U.S. political party is needed, up from 56% a year ago and by one percentage point the highest in Gallup's 20-year trend.

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  • Third time support has exceeded 60%, along with 2017 and 2021
  • Republicans primarily behind the increase, with 58% now in favor
  • Political independents remain group most likely to favor third party
  • JDPoZEnglish
    0•1 year ago

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    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 year ago

      pretending that Stein’s campaign didn’t effectively act the way a “spoiler” candidate’s campaign would - given that we don’t have something like “ranked choice” voting for the presidential eleciton - is demonstrably false.

      it’s definitively NOT demonstrably false: you can’t prove a counterfactual, so you can’t prove what would have happened if stein wasn’t on the ballot.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 year ago

      And in at least a couple of swing states, her vote count was larger than Trump’s victory margin

      so what? hilary garnered more votes than trumps margin of victory over stein. was hilary a spoiler?

      if trump pulled more registered democrat votes in those states, would he be his own spoiler?

      where does it end?

      even raising the russophobic smear campaign in any way other than to condemn it is fucking gross.

      • JDPoZEnglish
        2•1 year ago

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        • @[email protected]English
          4•1 year ago

          I’m pretty skeptical about just the fact that Stein was there… like at the event.

          it was the RT 10th anniversary dinner, and RT is a major news outlet who has let her spread her message. it’s no more complicated than that.

          • @assassin_aragorn
            1•1 year ago

            RT also is the mouthpiece of the Putin administration and openly suggests drowning Ukrainian children.

            Edit: I retract these claims, RT severed ties with that individual.

          • JDPoZEnglish
            -1•1 year ago

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            • @[email protected]English
              3•1 year ago

              these are just smears and false equivalencies.

              what I said was true. you don’t have to like it.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          Obama being photographed as the PRESIDENT at any number of the events set with Putin there in attendance is not the same

          no, it’s worse: from the seat of the presidency he legitimized putin. all stein did is buy a ticket to a dinner and get stuck with a shitty tablemate.

          • JDPoZEnglish
            -1•1 year ago

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            • @[email protected]English
              1•1 year ago

              so? is Putin a fascist plutocrat or a dignitary due respect from the POTUS?

              don’t suck Putin’s dick just because it has some of Obama’s spit on it.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•1 year ago

          she didn’t know he’d be there. she didn’t make the seating arrangements. all the insinuation is fucking gross and you should apologize to her.