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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/usnews@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/151111

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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[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’ll move if they distance themselves from the platform I believe in, or if there’s a third party candidate that happens to be enticing enough.

The platform I support, in ranked order:

Pro environment
Personal freedoms / social liberty
Statecraft over War
Higher taxes on the rich, comparatively, but not to the point of stifling innovation
Education, Internet and Healthcare as fundamental rights
Capitalism, with competition
Global Trade
Pro Union
Space exploration
Security (only at the level needed to maintain personal freedom)
YIMBYism
Reducing National debt
Federalism

As I see it, the Dems are still pretty aligned with that, perhaps just not in the same prioritized order, and that’s fair, because they have others they’ll lose first before they lose me.

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If you think the Democrat's offer the best of all platforms, then then of course you should keep voting for them. However, this question isn't really for you in that case.

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You asked for a staunch democrat 🤷‍♂️

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 3 points 5 days ago

Okay, that's fair. If staunch necessarily means believing in the platform then I used the wrong word.