• @WaxedWookie
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    1110 months ago

    Perhaps, but pissing away your vote on a third party in a FPTP system is functionally no different to not voting.

      • @WaxedWookie
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        310 months ago

        Not sure about approval voting - I’m familiar with preferential, but nuance aside, I broadly agree with you.

        • Liz
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          510 months ago

          Yeah pretty much anything is better than first-past-the-post.

    • @[email protected]
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      010 months ago

      I wonder if Trump hating conservatives are being told the exact same rhetoric. “Trump sucks but if you vote 3rd party you’re just giving Biden the election!”

      • @WaxedWookie
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        110 months ago

        Their lack of principles and assumption that everyone (including themselves) is lying means it’s far easier for them to stay on message (though the libertarian party is still a thing).

        The closest widespread parallel I’ve seen from the right is more along the lines of “Well we know Trump is a scumbag, but the system is broken, and he’ll shatter it into little pieces.”