McCain was a Republican and Kerry is a Democrat. Of course they were viable!
they didn’t win. the label of “viable” is a myth.
McCain was a Republican and Kerry is a Democrat. Of course they were viable!
they didn’t win. the label of “viable” is a myth.
Unless you are introducing a viable candidate
viability is a media myth. kerry was viable. mccain was viable.
You are actively supporting all the negative things about the candidate you agree with least by not voting for one of the two primary candidates.
that’s not what active support is.
this isn’t science, it is story telling
org mode
that is not the correct analysis. the correct analysis is that strategic voting in a fptp system leads to party consolidation. the solution is values voting
there are wikipedia articles about both of these topics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_terrorism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing_terrorism
and, of course,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_violence
edit:
this is only one metric, but i think it’s notable that there are about 80 references on the left wing page and approximately 3.5 times that many on the right wing page.
I expect to have more options on my ballot than that
you’re either aware of the problem and want to encourage people to vote third party while pretending not to know how the system works or you’re actually just ignorant to the issu
false dichotomy
FPTP voting systems result in a 2 party system and simply voting for another party does not solve the issue.
this isn’t an immutable natural law.
i have a reel mower. until i can completely subvert my lawn, i don’t need to tolerate the smoke and noise, at least.
marginalizing an accomplished academic and political activist as a lunatic is gross.