The only time in my lifetime a third party candidate has had any actual effect on the election was Ross Perot, and he took votes away from the GOP candidate HW Bush.
The DNC love to pretend that third parties hamstring them and cause them to lose material votes, but it has literally never happened.
Yeah they do, and in hindsight I shouldn’t have exaggerated. But I think I make a strong point on how many democrats have this real way to get leverage on the GOP, and so often they choose not to use it. Mary Peltoa never would have won in Alaska without it, for example.
Plus the most common argument against it is one of its weakest “people are too stupid to properly use ranked choice voting!” and it’s hard to sell someone on a policy that goes “you’re a blithering idiot and will just be confused by the alternative.”
The only time in my lifetime a third party candidate has had any actual effect on the election was Ross Perot, and he took votes away from the GOP candidate HW Bush.
The DNC love to pretend that third parties hamstring them and cause them to lose material votes, but it has literally never happened.
Funny enough too, dems never try to pass Ranked Choice Voting in their states so as to recapture all the people who do vote third party.
Ok bet, get ranked choice voting passed and also work to re-enfranchise working class and minority voters and we can officially write off hogs, right?
Also relevant Innuendo studios clip
I think Maine and Alaska both have RCV
Yeah they do, and in hindsight I shouldn’t have exaggerated. But I think I make a strong point on how many democrats have this real way to get leverage on the GOP, and so often they choose not to use it. Mary Peltoa never would have won in Alaska without it, for example.
Plus the most common argument against it is one of its weakest “people are too stupid to properly use ranked choice voting!” and it’s hard to sell someone on a policy that goes “you’re a blithering idiot and will just be confused by the alternative.”
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy: