• Remmock@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    Wow. You have a severe issue with people who are presented some options and say: “No, thanks.”

    I have a civic duty that if I am not represented by a candidate, that I do not muster support behind that candidate. If a political party needs my support, it is their responsibility and not mine to attract the voters they claim to need.

    You can watch the constant sliding of Democrats toward the right and the vacillating popularity of fringe-left parties to know that the Democratic Party doesn’t give a damn about winning left-fringe voters. After Nader secured over 3 million votes in 2000, do you think the Democratic party learned a single lesson? Or did they just shit the bed all over again in 2004? Did Obama run on any of the 2000 Green Party’s positions?

    I’ll save you the effort: The Democratic Party opted to adopt 0 of the Green Party positions from the 2000 election.

    So tell me all about how voting Third-Party somehow sends a message.