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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

lemmy.world going hard against third parties over the past few days, what has spooked them?

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The potential of Trump winning. Unless you live outside of the U.S. or are very privileged a Trump victory would only be devastating.

In a first past the post system like the U.S. has, doing anything but voting for Harris is in fact supporting Trump.

CCP Gray actually put out a good video a while ago explaining why voting 3rd party in a FPTP system only hurts your interests.

In a place like Germany where you have proportional voting none of this applies and you should 100% vote for the best party.

https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo?si=y2NtQ2K6g9GkaNwM

[–] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Trump winning would have major ramifications for people outside the US also.

[–] mholiv@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Lol who downvoted this

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The primaries are over. The risk of Trump is too high and people spreading 3rd Party ideas right now many be trying to demotivate progressives from voting for Harris. I mean, I'm not a big fan of Harris, but I'll still be voting for her over Trump.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

News that Republicans are actively helping 3rd party candidates so that people voting for them will help Republicans win.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

Honestly that's not a bad strategy. The biggest weakness of the Democrats is the wide range of political views