Message from @Poppy Rider
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The way it works, not voting for a republican or democrat is essentially a vote for the other party
Yep
Exactly.
And actually swapping parties is two votes for that party.
Two party system sucks
The only way a third party can be viable is if they manage to, on their very first go, manage to win.
it *can* happen
but yeah
Yeah it kind of did happen in gb
@Somi to prevent a government position being seen as a reward maybe we should stick 'em in a barracks and feed them only cafeteria food.
With liberal Democrats
At one point
And in that case, they'd simply replace either of the two original parties in the long term.
I ahte this line of arguement that a vote for a third is vote for the other. How do you think the UK got their Brexit ref? It was coz of the growth in votes for UKIP. Everyone that voted for them knew they would never win but the message was sent. Politics is a long game.
It's simply a matter of fact that that's the case, Poppy.
It is, in the US.
It's called the spoiler effect, look it up. It's a problem inherent to the first-past-the-post voting system.
Yup.
Here, CGP Grey did a video about the problems with the system
Well in us
You have bernie and progressive wave comming
I'm not certain we do.
I wonder how big splash it will make in the end
Participation in Republican primaries absolutely swept away democrat participation in most areas
RyeCast, I wouldn't underestimate the JD
JD?
Justice Democrats.
ugh, that's a doublespeak name if ever I've seen one.
Lol
Agreed
But i would not underestimate them
thank Kyle Kulinskie for it. Super hero movies were big at the time 😉
I like kyle but the name is 100% cringe
His coverage of the election was top notch but he is swimming against the tide with the 'progressives'
Well he certainly is better then young turks
Secular Talk is respectable. I’ve certainly got no beef with Kyle.
TYT is fun when something happens tha causes Chunk to have a mental breakdown
TYT is fun to laugh at. That is true. If you watch their livestream chat it’s like 90% hate watchers
I can't even hate watch TYT