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Just mention an alternative and you'll will quickly understand why.
The parties have done the most amazing job in pretending the world will end at every election if they are not chosen.
It is kind of amazing how even those disenfranchised voters will rally to support the hegemony of the “two party” corporatist rule. I suggested recently we could consider rallying behind a single issue 3rd party candidate who would end the legalized bribes and replace FPTP with a more democratic alternative, and was immediately downvoted and told it’s not possible due to FPTP.
facepalm
In order for a 3rd option to be viable, the entire system must change. I'm not holding my breath.
Between now and then, all we can do is vote for the less bad of two evils.
It is theoreticaly possible, but praticaly speaking it would be near impossible.
To acomplish this, you need to get 51% of the population (who actually vote) to all vote for one person. However, with FPTP, you get one choice on the ballot. Is the average voter going to risk their vote on a 3rd party, or vote for who they belive to be the "lesser evil" of the two that have a shot at winning?
Even if you do manage to get 51%, there's the electoral collage. Never forget, our democracy has built in the ability to overwrite the presidential vote.
Your first hurdle is getting any one to name an independent candidate.
Edit: adjusted some wording to be better.
I agree with this. But also, this time is the closest to "end of the world" stakes we've had in recent memory. We have a literal criminal, rapist, and fraudster who already tried to overthrow the government once leading the polls.
2016 called they want their gaslighting back. Trump isn't the final form of Fascism. He's getting close but he ain't it.
Is that a 3rd option in a first past the post system?
Hmmmm… what could be the issue there I wonder.
The people are the issue not the system
There is absolutely an issue with first past the post voting systems. And frankly I think you know what the problems are.
That people are so desperate to keep it in place.
FTFP is never going go away if you keep voting for it lol.
How surprising. A comment meant to discourage voting.
Vote for something different than the ftfp parties.
That's not how it works. As long as FPTP exists, it will lock us into two parties. We have had multiple party systems that all demonstrated this principle. Some places are experimenting with alternatives on the state and local level, but it will take time.
You’ve already got one response to this which is correct. I want to add to it to help explain how FPTP voting systems result in a 2 party system and simply voting for another party does not solve the issue.
But first you’re either aware of the problem and want to encourage people to vote third party while pretending not to know how the system works or you’re actually just ignorant to the issue.
I don’t normally like video links in discussions like this but this one is especially good and is only 6.5 mins.
https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo
false dichotomy
this isn't an immutable natural law.
Your video does not explain how voting Democrat is going to fix the FTFP system.
People that don't understand politics have a better understanding than people that have been frog-boiled into voting for a Genocidal Geriatric.
The presidential vote isn’t where we fix the voting system. We have to work in the system we have. It’s just reality.
My assessment of you hasn’t changed - you’re either completely ignorant or want Biden voters to change to third party to help Trump.
Every interaction with you has a similar quality. I’m never sure if you’re just this stupid or if you know exactly what you’re doing.
The presidential vote is where it's fixed. Republicans have already moved to ban other voting types calling them 'too complicated'. Democrats will join them the second their duopoly is endangered.
Just like how they crack down on student protests and block ballot access for third parties, Democrats have no standards either.
The system exists as it is…. I don’t know any other way to say this. FPTP has a spoiler problem that you can’t wish away.
I’m not going to vote for a candidate that’s going to get maybe 2-5% of the vote.
I would like to bet you $1000 that either the Dem or Rep candidate will win. If anyone BUT those two win, I would pay you.
If you ACTUALLY believed anyone else will win, you’d take me up on it. What do you say?
Strange you're including Republican in there. You believe Biden is winning right? So your money should be on Biden and any other winner would make you lose.
I’m sitting here trying to convince you that FPTP results in a two party system. I’m betting on the two parties.
YOU are the one imagining that can change by simply voting 3rd party.
So, you down for a bet or what?
If Biden isn't winning what's the point of voting for him?
He is one of two possibilities.
And you’re not going to bet because you know it too.
And now we know you’re not ignorant to this fact. You’re encouraging 3rs party votes knowing very well they will not win.
No Biden is zero of one possibility.
There's no way he's going to beat Trump.
I’m glad we finally got to you admitting 3rd parties won’t win.
Thanks.
I'm glad we finally got you admitting that Biden wont win.
Linkerbaan logic:
3rd parties who are lucky to get 5% of the vote can win.
Biden, who won against Trump last time cannot win.
Lol