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Dems gonna Dem (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

There are candidates I align with pretty much 99.99999)% with (and that's only because I probably haven't found the 1 thing I disagree with). I vote for those people and then get yelled at for doing so. Why? Cause they're third party. Claudia de la Cruz last year was my dream candidate. I'd bulldoze mountains to get her in the White House. However, she ran for the PSL party and not the DNC so I constantly got called a Trump supporter for supporting her.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I say this with no disrespect intended. With the electoral and first past the post system, voting 3rd party at the national level is like spitting into the ocean. No one will notice, and maybe that vote could have made a difference elsewhere. It sucks but until we eliminate the electoral and have RCV or STAR voting, we cannot support 3rd party candidates.

    All that being said, I do think that it is worth voting 3rd party for lower office or if your vote really wouldn't affect the outcome.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I vote third party for every level cause where I live the only major party capable of winning is conservatives. Looking at the numbers, even if every single third party voter voted Dem, they'd still be 300-500k short or more to beat the conservative option. So voting for Dems here is literally no different than voting third party. Hell if they were even just 50k short of beating the Conservative party I'd start voting and supporting them, but there's literally no point.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I will not say that you are wrong, just encourage you to take a deeper look into your congressional rep and below in the midterms. People are pissed, it might not turn to votes but maybe things will shift. Hell, talk to people in your community who might be willing to vote with you on a third party.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I do. I volunteer with the party to do protests, community services like providing food, water, diapers, clothing, and educating each other and others on the needs for reform of every aspect in American life (healthcare, education, income, housing, cost of living, how businesses are run, etc).

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