MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkLetters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trumpwww.latimes.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days ago A vote for Green Party/PSL/etc. is better than the alternative for those voting third party: not voting at all. That’s not the only alternative. There is overlap in the spheres of voters of the green party and democratic party. IF the DNC actually wanted those votes it would court those votes. The issue is the spoiler effect which is a result of the overlap.
minus-squareeacapesamsara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoThe spoiler effect is at best a bad hypothesis, and has never been proven to effect actual votes. People voting third party just would not vote if there was no third party option. This means there is no spoiler.
minus-squareSocialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-225 days agoYep! I’m one of them who thinks like that.
That’s not the only alternative. There is overlap in the spheres of voters of the green party and democratic party.
The issue is the spoiler effect which is a result of the overlap.
The spoiler effect is at best a bad hypothesis, and has never been proven to effect actual votes.
People voting third party just would not vote if there was no third party option. This means there is no spoiler.
Yep! I’m one of them who thinks like that.