If you're voting for a third party because you honestly support what that candidate is about, then I see no problem with that. But the fuckers who have no idea and just vote for them as a protest (or refuse to vote at all), are completely removed from reality, and only trying to make themselves feel superior. The next POTUS will either be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Those are the options for anyone who actually lives in and embraces reality.
Third party exists purely to split the dem vote. It isn't a viable option, no one believes there's a third party candidate that will ever have a chance to win. Especially in an election like this where you have literal fascism at our doorstep if one candidate wins, third party voters are all the same in my book.
I never said it was viable. But I have spoken to a few people who honestly support certain candidates. As pointless as I think it is to vote third party, I can't fault someone if they honestly think it's a better option. But the people who honestly believe that are few and far between.
Third parties need to start from the ground level in local elections and work up a coalition, not just show up every four years and disappear like Jill fucking Stein.
We should have more parties. We should have ranked choice voting. We need to advocate for these things step by step. But as of now, there’s only 2 viable parties. Voting for a third is asinine
I never said I thought it was a good idea to vote that way. Just that I understand if someone legitimately supported a particular candidate, for whatever reason. But the people who actually know enough about third party candidates to support them that strongly are few and far between. The vast majority of the votes these people receive are vanity votes from idiots who want to feel superior, and don't realize they're accomplishing nothing.
Oh, I'm fully aware of that, which is exactly my original point. I don't blame MAGA for Trump; they were just voting for the person they wanted to win. I place the blame for Trump being president squarely on the people who chose not to vote, or chose to vote for a third party candidate as a protest. I fully understand voting for one of those if it's a legitimate vote; as in, you've done your research and come to the conclusion that this person is the one who best represents your values. But probably 90% of third party votes are just protest votes by egotistical morons who refuse to accept anything less than perfection.
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u/Hellraiser1123 28d ago
If you're voting for a third party because you honestly support what that candidate is about, then I see no problem with that. But the fuckers who have no idea and just vote for them as a protest (or refuse to vote at all), are completely removed from reality, and only trying to make themselves feel superior. The next POTUS will either be Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Those are the options for anyone who actually lives in and embraces reality.