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@stux Really? Wow, I never would have thought you could support someone like Biden, yikes.

I honestly would have expected you to lean towards a candidate more in line with european ethics than someone like biden...

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@freemo @stux
Current choices are only 2, so its about better rather then the best

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@mur2501

Huh? There are 4 presidential candidates on the ballots this year, not 2....

@stux

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@mur2501 @stux

Howie Hawkins and Jo Jorgenson, and they actually look like wonderful candidates.

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@freemo @stux
Green party, wow
I thought they only had two parties

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@mur2501

Nope, Democrat, Republican, Green, and Libertarian would be our 4 main parties. But sometimes candidates also get on the ballot without a party at all.

@stux

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@freemo @mur2501 @stux we don't have four main parties. you're arguing in bad faith here.

Trump and Biden are the only candidates with any chance at all of winning.

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@mewmew

Your statement didn't actually state why/if I was wrong.. We have 4 main parties, those parties get on our ballots every year, they are all equally eligible for president and can win a presidential seat under all the same rules as any other candidate.

So yes, we absolutely have four main parties. I never made any claim as to how often or how likely they are to win, so not sure what that has to do with anything. As i covered americans rarely vote for good candidates, so sure, any good choice is going to be an uphill battle. But that really doesnt in the elast invalidate what I said. Just because americans by their nature arent likely to vote for good candidates it doesnt mean those candidates suddenly stop existing.

@mur2501 @stux

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@freemo @mur2501 @stux how many seats in congress does the libertarian party hold? How many seats does the green party hold?

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@mewmew

About the same number as the total number of good candidates holding seats. Like i said, americans arent too good at voting for good candidates when they come along.

@mur2501 @stux

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@freemo @mur2501 @stux if a party doesn't hold any seats in congress I don't see how you can consider them a major party
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@mewmew

I used the word "main" not "major", these have subtle but important differences in meaning.

Major, like the word majority, is a word that implies you hold a large portion of the support. I did not and would not use that word.

I used the term main, which implies principality or authority more so than a quantity of support.

Yes I'd call any **main** party one which is on the ballot and has equal right and access to the presidency, particularly considering there are only a few such parties, sot here is a clear divide between main/principle parties and not.

Don't mince words here, you are trying to imply something very different than I am. You are trying to talk about what parties tend to get votes (approach majority, are major).. which is unrelated entirely to what I am saying, which what parties are main (have access to be on the ballot with equal privilege to win).

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