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Biden is dramatically out of touch with voters on Gaza. He may lose because of it
(www.theguardian.com)
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Personally, I really, really, really wish we had a viable third party candidate. I don't want either of these fucks in office.
You have to change the FPTP system first. It's mathematically impossible to have a stable third-party system without changing the mechanics of how it works.
How do you change that system? Are there any particular groups you can think of who are actively working against those changes?
You're not suggesting we vote for people who are opposed to and working against non-FPTP systems, as a vehicle to enact a non-FPTP system, right? Cause that would be pretty silly. :P
Until we get rid of FPTP voting nationally, 3rd parties cannot win and can only spoil. The best we can hope for is a third party is popular enough that they displace another party. Which would be a years to decades long change as local, state and national representatives get replaced slowly.
More likely what would happen is what the GOP did to the 2 contenders: the Tea Party and Insurrection Party. The GOP just absorbed and changed to meet them.