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But why ~~J~~RFK Jr and not Jill Stein or Cornell West?
Because more than three people will vote for RFK Jr.
Also, JFK Jr. is dead.
The mainstream media only wants you to think JFK Jr. is dead.
We were told not to discuss that in the last Q drop.
Banned from next drop for leaking 😠
Dozens of us will be voting 3rd party.
For Trump, you mean. You're voting to get Trump elected. So lie to yourself if you like, but you're voting for Trump.
that's not how the transitive property works
Nice try!
You are trying to get us to vote for the duopoly, but I am most likely voting for a third party.
Green Party for the long-term goal of breaking the two-party system.
Do not forget my mantra:
You said it yourself: it's a duopoly. By your vote you have the power to nudge the outcome toward one of two possibilities.
More options would be fantastic, but that's not the system we live in. The current options are fascism or not-fascism. You support 3rd parties? Then vote for whichever party has the best shot at not-fascism... cuz if fascism wins, 3rds are fucked right along with everyone else.
In your case, voting Trump, voting 3rd, or not voting at all are all just throwing in the towel. Fascism won! No point in fighting it; just bend over and take whatever comes next.
Biden may not be your cup of tea, but a vote for him is a vote to keep the fascists out of power - for you that's a vote for more time. Right now our system won't allow a 3rd to win due to the power accumulated by the big two; but it's still malleable. Ranked Choice is getting onto more and more people's radar, gaining popularity, and making its way into more and more states. RCV is your golden ticket to getting a 3rd in office - people need to be comfortable with voting for a 3rd without risking the 'other guy' taking power. And our system IS moving that direction.
Fascist victory and we can kiss RCV goodbye, along with most of our rights and any possibility for 3rd party to come out on top for a very, VERY long time.
Could it be better? Yes. Should it be better? Abso-fucking-lutely. But the best result possible in our shitty reality for 3rds and everyone who isn't a Nazi is for the fascists to lose, and for that to happen, you need to vote blue.
Yes, but as a counterpoint, they didn't get the pony they expected.
For probably 2 or 3 reasons:
To bring attention to RFK Jr to help remove votes from Trump
RFK Jr is much more known to right wingers, who are also more violent. They don't even really know of Cornell West or Jill Stein enough to care. RFK Jr is running opposite of Trump on the Right wingers side, whereas the other two will only strip votes from leftwing/Biden side
Kennedy Curse, they shouldn't have lobotomized Rosemary Kennedy. So anything could happen to ol brain worms
Because neither of them have polled high enough to qualify for it, neither has the libertarian candidate, even RFK Jr. wasn't polling well enough for it, which is why Biden had to order this, and it wasn't done automatically.
He's also a Kennedy, so his chance of being assassinated is probably higher than your average candidate.
Assassination is hereditary!?
For the Kennedys it certainly seems so
Just look at what happened to the European royal families …
Just his name makes him a copy cat magnet tbh.
While I don't endorse the guy, I think you forgot (L) Chase Oliver. I bring this up only because the Libertarian candidates usually get more votes than the leftist candidates and I'm pretty sure they're listed on more state's ballots.
-Personally speaking, I'll be one of the "three people" voting for one of the other two candidates mentioned
Yep. I vote Libertarian every Presidential election.
Good to know. According to the logic of some of the people (not me) around here, that must mean you support Biden.