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

• WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  They should drop out because they have no path to victory, typically capture <1% of the vote, peaked at 2.7%, have no Senate seats, no house seats, no governorships - state or territorial, no chambers seats - upper or lower… But most importantly, they’re siphoning votes away from the more progressive viable option, providing meaningful support to the worst possible option in doing so.

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  • Hildegarde@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    those are not circumstances unique to this election.

    if the democrats are running a campaign that cannot succeed without a third party abandoning the strategy they’ve been using constantly for the past 28 years, they have already lost.

    the greens are not a chaotic force doing unpredictable things. if democrats don’t account for the greens doing what they always do, its their own fault if they lose.

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    • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Yes - the Democrats are at fault for arrogantly running an ineffective campaign like the institutionalists they are, and the Greens are at fault for aiding a hostile state actor and the unabashed fascists.

      Both are bad, though not in a comparable way.

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