What? The risk of an unelectable third party is that it bleeds enough votes to cause the majority party to lose. It’s kind of the main drawback of the two party system.
This is just more of the braindead hot take from the political communities on Lemmy that they just need to get people voting to the left of Dems but yeah under the current system that just hands Republicans elections and makes everything worse. Idiots still lap it up though
Not only that. But those unelectable people are unelectable for a reason. These kids don’t listen to the experts that say what these clowns are promising is fucking impossible.
Every election. It’s the same thing. Some starry-eyed third party clown with no name comes along and says shit that makes the kids squeeeeee! And then they vanish when the election is over, knowing the kids will blame those that actually could have won.
This level of mentally handicapped logic is virtually impossible to comprehend, let alone correct.
You’re far more patient than I. They don’t deserve the respect they keep demanding. That time is over. We asked nicely in 2024. I was here. I was one of them.
They want to run their purity test that cannot be passed. And then play victim to the mean liberals. I’m done playing nice. Good on you for trying through.
And if enough voters go for a leftist third party making the Democratic candidate lose then that kind of contradicts the claim that nobody votes for a leftist candidate.
How do you figure? The implication is pretty clear, that the volume of third party voters affecting which major party wins means that the volume is sufficient to win the election. It’s a ridiculous implication that suggests either severe ignorance or willful misinformation, but the implication is clear.
If liberals would only Vote Blue No Matter Who, the way they hypocritically demand of leftists, then a leftist Democratic candidate would have as good a chance as a liberal Democratic candidate.
Or even a better chance, if it turns out that the Democratic base is actually more leftist than liberal, which seems increasingly likely given how much more excited people are about candidates like Mamdani and Talerico than they have been about “status quo” libs…
If nobody votes for a leftist candidate then a leftist 3rd party candidate shouldn’t tip an election. The meme is suggesting that if the leftist candidate ran in the Democratic primary and won the nomination then the regular Democratic voters and the leftist voters who would have voted third party will all vote together for the leftist Democratic candidate and win.
Gotta love how hard people pretend to believe things. No, the only numbers that exist aren’t 0 and infinity. And I don’t believe you needed to be told that, but you did need to have your bullshit called out in a way that sufficiently indicates what you’re expecting people to believe.
Where do you see the meme suggesting that? It seems like you’re projecting an entire narrative which is not actually reflected in the content. It’s a convoluted interpretation. The “nobody” is a hyperbolic straw man, obviously Democrats know that some people will vote for leftists. It’s just that that number, while large enough to tip a close race, is nowhere near large enough to win a race alone.
What? The risk of an unelectable third party is that it bleeds enough votes to cause the majority party to lose. It’s kind of the main drawback of the two party system.
yeah we have a nasty case of commie maths going on in this post
This is just more of the braindead hot take from the political communities on Lemmy that they just need to get people voting to the left of Dems but yeah under the current system that just hands Republicans elections and makes everything worse. Idiots still lap it up though
sucks it would be literally impossible for a dem to move left
Not only that. But those unelectable people are unelectable for a reason. These kids don’t listen to the experts that say what these clowns are promising is fucking impossible.
Every election. It’s the same thing. Some starry-eyed third party clown with no name comes along and says shit that makes the kids squeeeeee! And then they vanish when the election is over, knowing the kids will blame those that actually could have won.
This level of mentally handicapped logic is virtually impossible to comprehend, let alone correct.
We’re so fucked.
I literally had to explain the spoiler effect to a third party candidate who texted me.
It was embarrassing to keep talking to them…
You’re far more patient than I. They don’t deserve the respect they keep demanding. That time is over. We asked nicely in 2024. I was here. I was one of them.
They want to run their purity test that cannot be passed. And then play victim to the mean liberals. I’m done playing nice. Good on you for trying through.
And if enough voters go for a leftist third party making the Democratic candidate lose then that kind of contradicts the claim that nobody votes for a leftist candidate.
Under ranked choice voting this would be safe, under FPTP it’s suicide
There are no serious third parties who are on the left. Thats why DSA runs as Democrats. The two party system is the problem.
Sure, but they’re still not electable.
The implication of the meme is that they wouldn’t be unelectable as the Democratic nominee.
How do you figure? The implication is pretty clear, that the volume of third party voters affecting which major party wins means that the volume is sufficient to win the election. It’s a ridiculous implication that suggests either severe ignorance or willful misinformation, but the implication is clear.
such a beautiful perfect creature. never put anything in your head, you would be ruined.
If liberals would only Vote Blue No Matter Who, the way they hypocritically demand of leftists, then a leftist Democratic candidate would have as good a chance as a liberal Democratic candidate.
Or even a better chance, if it turns out that the Democratic base is actually more leftist than liberal, which seems increasingly likely given how much more excited people are about candidates like Mamdani and Talerico than they have been about “status quo” libs…
And I’d love to see more leftists winning Democratic primaries. But that’s a completely different argument than the meme seems to be making.
If nobody votes for a leftist candidate then a leftist 3rd party candidate shouldn’t tip an election. The meme is suggesting that if the leftist candidate ran in the Democratic primary and won the nomination then the regular Democratic voters and the leftist voters who would have voted third party will all vote together for the leftist Democratic candidate and win.
Gotta love how hard people pretend to believe things. No, the only numbers that exist aren’t 0 and infinity. And I don’t believe you needed to be told that, but you did need to have your bullshit called out in a way that sufficiently indicates what you’re expecting people to believe.
Where do you see the meme suggesting that? It seems like you’re projecting an entire narrative which is not actually reflected in the content. It’s a convoluted interpretation. The “nobody” is a hyperbolic straw man, obviously Democrats know that some people will vote for leftists. It’s just that that number, while large enough to tip a close race, is nowhere near large enough to win a race alone.