• pastabatman@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Most probably wouldn’t have voted at all but that doesn’t change the math. In a US presidential election, voting third party and not voting at all are equivalent in every practical sense.

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      5 months ago

      Right. So, part of the problem with “Voting third-party means supporting Trump” is that it presumes I would have otherwise voted for Biden.

      And I wouldn’t have. Because he’s committing genocide.

      Also, third-party candidates can pull votes away from Trump as well as Biden.

      Also, even small amounts of support for third-party candidates can lead to a third-party winning seats in congress if that support is concentrated in particular districts, like college towns. And in an evenly divided congress, a few seats can control the balance of power.