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[-] WeUnite@lemm.ee 21 points 2 days ago

This is a lie. People just spread this to trick you into not voting so the Republicans win.

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago

This is a lie spread by corporate elites that want to make sure both parties align with their interests instead of having Democrats create a popular platform and win on that basis.

Did you learn nothing from hanging on to Biden until even the billionaire donors got scared by his dementia?

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How many people did you vote for that weren't Republican or Democrat in your local elections? If you didn't vote for them (3rd party, new party) there, don't expect them to ever exist as a presidential candidate. You can't even qualify to be on the ballot if you don't have the party established. You have to petition on all 50 states to be shown there and you will likely be denied on many.

If you don't like the Republican or Democrat party, a solution would be to get local candidates to run under a new party that fits your views better, still you would NEED to vote for whichever of the 2 parties fits your views best in the presidential vote to SLOW the movement right/left/up/down whatever... And establish that party in enough city's/counties/states to take seats that matter there. Once known... Then and only then would it be viable to split the vote, and you likely lose 4 years to a hard push into the directions you don't want... While the final negotiations and realizations of merging or replacing/allying with the lesser evil party.

Likely meaning a pledge that you would hold primaries that would endorse each other if the winner of a primary shows more people. But you cannot and will not win a presidential election if you split the vote and don't endorse each other

[-] lseif@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 day ago

or voting third party in a backwards outdated voting system like that of the US

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The effect shown isn't untrue, but the conclusion doesn't follow from that.

[-] FernMD@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Do you mean that democrats are not centrists?

[-] Tgo_up@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

In most other countries your 2 parties would be classified right wing and extreme right wing.

[-] FernMD@lemmy.ml 0 points 21 hours ago
[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Every time someone says this they exaggerate the positions further and further to the right, and it becomes less and less true.

[-] Tgo_up@lemm.ee 1 points 23 hours ago

You think I did that?

I'm Danish and here your 2 parties would absolutely fit the categories I described. No exaggeration what so ever.

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