Comment on If I live in a red state, would it be better to vote for rfk to take votes away from trump?
Donebrach@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If you want Biden to win vote for Biden. Jesus fucking Christ.
Gaming primaries is a ~potentially valid~ idea but in what world do you think voting for the ~other~ candidate in a winner-takes-all election would help your desired candidate win?
Etterra@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean statistically in a state THAT red your there will never be enough blue votes to overcome the stupidity of the rural class, so it may not matter. Still voting for the off brand inside a 2 party system is a very bad habit to encourage. Just vote for Biden.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Georgia proved that wrong last election. Imagine if put of nowhere Texas voted blue due to all the abortion bans, Republicans would shut themselves.
sparkle@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Well, the largest group in Texas is Latinos… idk how many of them can vote and how mant would actually vote blue though.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 month ago
America will always be a 2 party system. But a different party could replace one of the existing parties.
sparkle@lemm.ee 1 month ago
If that were the case anymore, it would’ve happened after the 1912 election when Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive party got more votes (27.4and electors than the Republican (Taft). But it didn’t. Things went back to normal after that. That was also the election where the Socialist party gained the most votes (6%).
The Republicans and Democrats are here to stay until our voting system is overhauled.