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c1555667 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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It's a protest vote. The candidate can't win, so what you're doing is electorally identical to not voting.
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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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Well I guess I have to vote for Trump then... Id be throwing away my vote if I voted for biden, I dont think he would stand a chance against Trump. I mean sure Trump is literally the anti-christ, but id be throwing away my vote on biden, so I guess I have to vote Trump...

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c1555667 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I actually don't care who you vote for. Yes, it makes you a terrible person, but I'm not responsible for you. The world is full of other terrible people, too.
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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @90bf4d25 

Great, then you shouldnt have much need to keep blasting the two-party conspiracy theory nonsense my way.

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c1555667 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 @b05df304 @9ff9df5b 

You're capable of doing the math and proving to yourself that only Biden or Trump can win. I have no idea why you're pretending otherwise, or why you're bashing Biden with both-sider nonsense.

Presumably, you're trolling. If so, go find a bridge.
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🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
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I am not trolling.. 

Yes I've done the math.. 

There have been 59 elections for president in the history of the USA... in that time 8 of those have been elections where a third party from a previous year was one of the two top parties in the current election.

In all those cases the third parties the year before a switch had about the same support as they do now in terms of percentage, and the next year shot up to 50%+

that works out to a 13.5% chance in any one election of a third party with ~2% support or less from a previous year will win that year.

If we look at recent history points of note the last time one came close was Ross perot in 1992 at nearly 20% of the vote, and of course in the early part of 19th centraully where was also a third party coming into the top two.

While all of that does suggest a third party is certainly the long-shot... to say impossible is just not factual... Depending on how you look at iut there is a 13.5% chance at best, at worst maybe a 5% chance of them winning.

Voting for the non-evil choice with a 5% chance I will take any day than voting for teh super-evil choice who is just a tiny bit less evil than the other super-evil choice just because he had a 40% change of winning.

Thats not a strategically wise tradeoff for me.

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