• Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    You vote exclusively for candidates that actively support and benefit from first past the post

    That isn’t true, and I just told you. This sort of change happens at the local level, at the lower ranks of government.

    The president is not the only elected position in government.

    and are fighting against a candidate that actively supports getting rid of it.

    Not really. Stein is probably barely even on the Harris campaign’s radar. The actual, real fight is against Trump.

    You cant claim to want to get rid of it

    Sure I can, just watch me:

    I want to get rid of the spoiler effect, and will help to do so by voting for candidates at the local level who support better voting methods, when such candidates are available.

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      2 months ago

      Such candidates are available, youre arguing they shouldnt be allowed to run because theyll spoil the party that benefits tremendously from first past the post.

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        youre arguing they shouldnt be allowed to run because theyll spoil the party that benefits

        No I’m not. I’m saying it is almost always a waste of a vote to give them your vote. And anybody running as a 3rd party candidate should do so strategically, in places where there is actually a chance to win without causing ideologically furthest opponents from winning.

        Huge swaths of races in the U.S. go unopposed, largely at the local level. Third parties could easily and cheaply target those races, but they don’t.

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          2 months ago

          Sorry, im mixed up in several posts specifically about barring third parties from running. This one is just criticism.