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Still not a valid argument for why the US couldn't have a valid 3rd party. The same would be true here. No one who votes Green is going to vote for Libertarians
by hacknat 6y ago
Still not a valid argument for why the US couldn't have a valid 3rd party. The same would be true here. No one who votes Green is going to vote for Libertarians or Constitutionalists.
- DFHippie 6y agoIt doesn't work here because we don't have a parliamentary system of government. That is, our executive is chosen separately from the legislature, so in that contest, the presidential contest, third parties act as spoilers. There's no sense in which Nader could have said he was in the "Democratic block" and thereby given the power of his voters to Gore.
- hacknat 6y agoFrance is in a similar position. Granted France is 2-round, but arguably the US is too.
- jopsen 6y agoWell, even in the legislative branches, your party could get 10% of votes in 3 states and still not get any representation. As I understand it, all of your votes must be concentrated in a single district to get any representation. Hence, you end up with two choices.
- jessaustin 6y agoI'm voting mostly Green with a tiny bit of Democrat this time, but I've voted Libertarian before. Libertarians seem to agree with Greens on the single most important issue to me: that we should not fight stupid wars for no good reason, and that the last war not so fought was WWII. Lots of American voters agree with me. So, your understanding of American politics could be improved.