• gtrcoi@programming.dev
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    17 hours ago

    Also voting 3rd party is voting Republican because it’s akin to abstaining. All those Jill Stein voters are basically Maga.

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      9 hours ago

      Libertarianism is societal cancer and those Stein voters would have supported Trump over Harris anyway since the MAGA GOP is basically a Libertarian system (the fuck you got mine Government) at its core.

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        9 hours ago

        You’re not wrong, however, Stein was Green Party not libertarian.

        You’re thinking of Gary “what is Aleppo” Johnson

        Both were spoiler candidates

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          7 hours ago

          Thanks for the correction.

          And god the fucking Green Party. Inswear those jokers exist only to make Socialists looklike wackjobs.

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      16 hours ago

      i always found it weird when people say voting 3rd party is like not voting.

      is there no second round for the 2 most voted when the most voted doesn’t reach 50%?

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        3 hours ago

        It’s important to note that both Bush and Trump won their initial election by the electoral college and lost the popular vote. So not only do you not have to get >50%, you don’t even have to get a plurality of votes to win.

        Also, Roger Stone just happened to participate in both elections, and both had fuckery involved.

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        9 hours ago

        is there no second round for the 2 most voted when the most voted doesn’t reach 50%?

        No, that’s literally the fucking problem

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        12 hours ago

        There is not. Bill Clinton won the presidency with something like 42% of the vote in 1992.

        Neither Trump Nor Bush won more than 50% of the vote to secure their first term in office.