AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.message-squaremessage-square445fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down1164
arrow-up1934arrow-down1message-squareTrying to build viable third parties by voting for them in presidential elections is like trying to build a third door in your house by repeatedly walking into the wall where you want the door to be.AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square445fedilink
minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down7·3 months agoRemind me who won in 2016? How do you think all those Bernie supporters felt about the election that was still very much influenced by FPTP dynamics.
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_dayslinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·3 months ago More voters went from Hillary Clinton to John McCain in 2008 than went from Sanders to Trump in 2016 -Source
Remind me who won in 2016? How do you think all those Bernie supporters felt about the election that was still very much influenced by FPTP dynamics.