return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoAfter Libertarians reject RFK Jr., what does success look like for third-party candidates?www.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down17
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkAfter Libertarians reject RFK Jr., what does success look like for third-party candidates?www.cnn.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoThe only time a protest vote makes sense is if your state is going to have an overage anyway. I voted Nader in 2000 as well due to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore and: https://www.ign.com/articles/joe-lieberman-outspoken-video-game-critic-mortal-kombat-obituary But I also knew, in my state, voting for Nader made zero difference. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oregon Aaaand it didn’t. Multnomah Gore - 188,441 - 63.52% Bush - 83,677 - 28.20% Nader - 21,048 - 7.09%
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoImagine the difference a Gore win would have made.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·4 months agoGore did win, he just didn’t fight for it enough: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/uselections2000.usa
minus-squareAWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoinconsequential fun fact: Tipper Gore is part of an SCP Foundation story arc, starting from here. It’s pretty well written, even if it does not have to do anything with the discussion here.
The only time a protest vote makes sense is if your state is going to have an overage anyway.
I voted Nader in 2000 as well due to:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore
and:
https://www.ign.com/articles/joe-lieberman-outspoken-video-game-critic-mortal-kombat-obituary
But I also knew, in my state, voting for Nader made zero difference.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oregon
Aaaand it didn’t.
Multnomah Gore - 188,441 - 63.52%
Bush - 83,677 - 28.20%
Nader - 21,048 - 7.09%
Imagine the difference a Gore win would have made.
Gore did win, he just didn’t fight for it enough:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/uselections2000.usa
inconsequential fun fact: Tipper Gore is part of an SCP Foundation story arc, starting from here. It’s pretty well written, even if it does not have to do anything with the discussion here.