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[–] nailingjello@piefed.zip 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

Text for the lazy.

Duverger's Law

In political science, Duverger’s law holds that single-ballot plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system.

Duverger’s law is the reason why U.S. voters select one of the two leading candidates when voting tactically, even if a third-party candidate would better represent their interests. This behavior arises out to fear of vote splitting

One consequence of Duverger’s law is that you can improve the viability of third-party candidates by changing the voting system. For example, Approval voting is more resistant to vote splitting and therefore more conducive to third-party candidates.

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Yes, and until we DO change the voting system, vote blue or trump gets his way.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The problem is that many people see the system ending up with "vote blue AND the fascists get their way". It ends up being totally discouraging.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I understand being discouraged that Blue doesn’t deliver

But I don’t understand how that matters when Red is openly promising death and destruction

Red only wins elections when Blue voters stay home so we could always at least stop Red

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org -5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The thing is, what's your preference? Disappointment on a regular basis, or transparent hate and naked greed? Destruction can only last so long, but a slow slide into depression can last forever. Voting Red often ends up being the accelerationist choice as much as support for their vile beliefs.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Accelerationism sounds nice, unless you have issues with a few million corpses, of them probably yourself.

Kinda hard to benefit from voting red after they kill you...

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh no 🥲 besides being wholly divorced from reality you also think there’s a brighter future on the other side of accelerationist collapse

Politics has simply become an unserious affair

I'm not exactly set on "brighter", but at least it will be "different". Right now, I feel like something has to give. Voting alone won't get us out of the hole we've been buried in. Trusting the same people who lied and brought us to this point won't get us to a better place. I'm really not against a different path that makes push come to shove anymore, is all.

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