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Man that pissed me off. He said it right as early voting started. Choose third party because every side's bad. How would you fucking know Matthew? This is Texas. There's only been one side for 35 years. How the fuck would you know both sides are bad? Like I'm not saying he's wrong necessarily I just don't think he has that information.
And if you're going to sit there and blather about voting third party pick a fucking third party. Which third party Matthew McConaughey? Who you backing? Are you saying vote libertarian? You picking up the green party? I don't even remember seeing them on the ballot. Pick a candidate you bongo playing lunatic. Fucking coward.
If youβre willing to lose a cycle and hope that your preferred party learns a lesson from it, you can try. But the one thing the democrats have held strong as steel on is never learning from their defeats.
It's not about "which third party", that doesn't matter. You can change that per issue (I do).
You don't vote third party to win, that would be stupid. You won't win.
You vote third party to put pressure on the major parties to change their platform, you're working from within the system to change the system. It's a "protest vote"... and major parties want those votes.
Third party issues become major party issues with enough voter support.
For example, weed legalization was Libertarian, Green, and Socialist party cause since the 1970s, working with NORMAL (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Over the years, the grass roots (get it?) support grew and grew, even though the major parties were dead set against it.
Those third parties affected change on that issue in many states, and it continues. All thanks to third parties.
Most of their success is locally, not federally, which is in my opinion a lost cause, but again it's not about the party, it's about the issues.
Then why doesn't he do that? What's his issue? Which party this time? You see my point? He's not picking a third party. Because frankly there's not one. Not in Texas. Not this year.
There's not an issue he's backing. There's not a candidate he's backing. There's not a change he's trying to force. After all it's Texas the change would be not Republican. 35 years of the same party controlling the state top to bottom if you want change you'd want that to change. But that's not what he wants. He's not trying to get you to vote for third party. He's trying to get you to not vote Democrat. Him and his friend Greg Abbott don't want that.
By the way just as an aside, the Texas green party is a fucking travesty. They are simply the worst. They don't stand for anything anymore. In my local elections the best environmentally conscious candidate by a mile wouldn't even run under their ticket because was so disgusted with them.
Voting third party only works when you're protesting a single dominant party OR when you're voting in RCV or equivalent types of votes where your protest vote doesn't become a spoiler helping fascists
It doesn't not work when you're protesting the challenger to the dominant evil party which is the greater threat, then you actually have to protest