It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
    7·
    6 months ago

    Does voting for a party like that even help anything? I’m asking because my voting experience is US, and everyone knows how many parties matter here. So I’m curious.

    • IdleSheep
      7·
      5 months ago

      Yes. In most European countries even small parties can get seats. In my country there are 8 parties in parliament, for example, and 2 of them didn’t use to be there 2 election cycles ago (they were too small/new 8 years ago but eventually grew in popularity and got enough votes for representation).

      Of course if they only have 1 or 2 members in parliament they typcily tend to form coalitions with other like-minded parties so they can get more voting power.

      • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
        2·
        5 months ago

        I wonder how many people that aren’t from the US running around telling people to vote third party their are, because of what you just described.