• @RedditWanderer
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    7 months ago

    Ah yes, the spoiler effect.

    Vote splitting is an electoral effect in which the distribution of votes among multiple similar candidates reduces the chance of winning for any of the similar candidates, and increases the chance of winning for a dissimilar candidate. This is commonly known as the spoiler effect, which can discourage minor party candidacies.

    You can’t break the 2 party system that way, that’s why they want you to vote 3rd party. That’s also why they often fund the 3rd party in the first place.

    There are plenty of systems that allow more parties to join without creating this effect. Your idea of 3rd party is not wrong, just wait until the policy is there to support it, or else you are just hurting your chances of being as aligned as can be with the person in office.

    The first video in the playlist explains this effect

    • Zuberi 👀
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      27 months ago

      Or just vote for the lesser of 2 evils for your entire life lol

      • @RedditWanderer
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        Beats voting for my opponent directly (which is what 3rd party does in FPTP).

        And also people don’t make changing the voting system a priority, too busy arguing about abortions and healthcare. That’s how you make a change if there is going to be one, not by throwing away your vote.