We’d have the first past the post (FPTP) issue in every election, so in that one sense, no.
However, a lot of folks feel that it’s the specific GOP candidate who’s a threat. They also make an assumption that if he lost this time, then he wouldn’t be able to run again in a presidential election in the US in the future (for being too old, for having lost twice, perhaps for being in jail, etc).
I feel like the assumption part is too optimistic, and so in 2028 the same set of arguments will come out. And then they’ll say we’ve done this in the last three elections in a row, so we know it works, that’s why we gotta keep doing it.
And perhaps that’s the true danger - that resistance to 3rd party choices in general becomes normalized.
We’d have the first past the post (FPTP) issue in every election, so in that one sense, no.
However, a lot of folks feel that it’s the specific GOP candidate who’s a threat. They also make an assumption that if he lost this time, then he wouldn’t be able to run again in a presidential election in the US in the future (for being too old, for having lost twice, perhaps for being in jail, etc).
I feel like the assumption part is too optimistic, and so in 2028 the same set of arguments will come out. And then they’ll say we’ve done this in the last three elections in a row, so we know it works, that’s why we gotta keep doing it.
And perhaps that’s the true danger - that resistance to 3rd party choices in general becomes normalized.
TLDR - FPTP is bad.
Exactly! Great post.