Comment on A third-party candidate could cost Kamala Harris votes in a key state. It might be enough to hand victory to Donald Trump

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WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Both can be (and are) true.

The transparently Russia-backed spoiler candidates with absolutely no path to victory in a FPTP election have no value to anyone beyond their ability to siphon off votes from the two viable candidates.

RFK pulled out when it became clear that he would disrupt Trump more than Harris, and Stein remains in the race because she remains a valuable diversion for would-be Democrat voters.

…and yes - Kamala sacrificing the left to court the centre right by adopting Republican framing and policies isn’t particularly effective because if people want a Republican, they’ll vote Republican.

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