• a9cx34udP4ZZ0@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    “Why would I vote for a primary party candidate who supports ranked choice voting when I can just throw my vote away on a third-party candidate that will never be elected? I’ve got principles!”

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      3 days ago

      Ranked choice voting seems like a great way to create huge political instability. Let’s take the system that has worked decent for 248 years and completely replace it with something less well tested. We already have uncertainty we don’t need to mess with the system more.

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        3 days ago

        You don’t want to mess about with that democracy nonsense. We’ve had a monarchy that has worked decent for a millennium, and you want it replace it with some untested, newfangled system?

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      3 days ago

      Voting for either side is just accepting the status quo.

      Third party vote today is just laying ground work for a generational fight. There is no other way to get the attention from the politicians.

      They rule on behalf of donors and two party system ensures they ways win, they just take turns.

      • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 days ago

        There is no other way to get the attention from the politicians.

        And if those politicians are so keen on ignoring you, why would they listen to this? Oh, you voted for Cornel West because you’re “unsatisfied,” literally who cares? The status quo wins again, goodbye. Say hello to the camps.

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          3 days ago

          Say hello to the camps.

          is the new DNC FUD we get for voting third party?

          yes please put me into fema camp staffed by obama death panel, my DNC komissar 🤡

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              3 days ago

              I stated my position on this issue all over this thread.

              But for you here again dear:

              This tactic will only work if peasants are able to upset the regime sufficiently. a constant 3-5 percent every election, they will have to take notice. double digits they will have to start planning around it.

              This is a generational tactic, it will take several cycles to get the message across IF AND ONLY IF we can get 2-10% of voters of to go third choice every single election across all elections.

              This is a guerilla, asymmetric tactic. No doubt about it.

              But it very low cost from personal perspective but can be easily scaled if public sentiment turns.

              Once, we got the regime asking questions we can start getting proper 3p candidates in places. Or people can start now on them… but everybody can start denying the regime legitimacy today.