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Stop hating on 3rd party votes. Just because they dont matter to you doesnt mean they dont matter to other people. Thats an asshat take.
I dont hate them, I want them to succeed... but they're not going to do it at the national stage. Not yet. Theyre important in state and local races, but for national races the two big.parties have a strangle hold on both the election rules and the attention of the public. To believe otherwise is naive.
If you want to vote your principals over practicality, thats your choice... just know you're basically voting nothing.
How do you think we get ballot access? Federal elections. So the votes are in fact important to third parties. Ballot access is a huge deal.
I'd say female bodily autonomy is more important. I'd say workers rights (to the limited degree that Democrats fight for them) is more important. I'd say equal rights for the disenfranchised, not just in name... but in actuality, are more important.
Its nice to have ballot access for federal elections, but when all it does is put your name on a piece of paper in a section the vast majority of people are never even going to look at... there are many more important things that need seeing to, first.
And we were out there distributing stickers and running protests and Kansas still has abortion.
I don't think you really understand how important ballot access is. It's not just a name on a piece of paper. It allows the party to run candidates without having to jump through hoops and directly leads to third party seats in local elections.