I remember the 2000 Election. There were enough votes for Ralph Nader to hand the election to George W. Bush.
I remember the 2016 Election. There were enough votes for Jill Stein to hand the election to Donald Trump.
In 2024 the Green Party is running Cornell West. Let’s not repeat this history, friends
Your vote is not a marriage. You’re not choosing a life partner. It’s a chess move for what’s best for the country and the world.
Thats a very short sighted view... the way I see it getting a higher vote count for third parties, gives people hope third parties can win, and can break the 2-party system if that trend is carried out... breaking the two-party system is a FAR more promising goal than it is to have one of two shitty people picked year after year to run this country.
No it isnt a mathematical consequence (im well aware of what you are talking about).. it is a psychological consequence that can be described by math... which makes it a choice not an invevitablity.
There is a reason first-past-the-post voting has resulted in multiple parties in other countries. Hell even int he USA we have had third parties take over as primary party 8 timesin US history... so plenty of evidence it isnt a mathematical inevitablity.
It would be more accurate to say it returns in sharper changes in the dominance of third parties where they take over in a single election cycle.
I generally agree with that. I'd even go one further and say that votes for congress means more than the president as well.