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What will it take for staunch Democrats to vote third party? (x.com)

submitted 6 days ago by CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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With the dust is settling from their defeat on Tuesday, it's becoming clearer that there was some incredible malpractice going on in the Democratic party. As shown in the tweet I linked, Biden delayed dropping out even though his team knew it was going to be a complete blowout for Trump. Then, we have Harris's campaign spending over a billion dollars and still losing all of the swing states she needed to win.

For all the Democrats who would never vote Republican and would have never voted third party, are you now considering voting third party in future elections? If not, what would it take?

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world -5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I’m not defending the party establishment—I think they’ve been a malignant force on both policy and campaign strategy since at least the Clinton era—but I think this year’s failings are more on Biden and Harris as individuals. (Biden wasn’t doing the party any favors by hanging on as long as he did, and the Harris’s campaign’s weaknesses were consistent with her whole career since first running for local office.)

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 2 points 6 days ago

Okay, but the party permitted Biden to campaign for reelection and then decided to run Kamala without a real primary.