DMBFFF@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoIn praising Cornel West and Jill Stein, Trump said the quiet part out loudwww.msnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down122
arrow-up1222arrow-down1external-linkIn praising Cornel West and Jill Stein, Trump said the quiet part out loudwww.msnbc.comDMBFFF@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareRob T Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·edit-25 months agoBecause however principled you are about the shittiness of the two-party system - and it is indeed shitty, but it’s the one we’re stuck in - we have a practical choice of only one of two people, and he’s not the other one.
minus-squareDMBFFF@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·5 months agoAmericans have no choice but the 2-party state: it is futile to even try to change things.
minus-squarethoro@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·5 months agoOnly in swing states. Most states you know exactly what the outcome is going to be, no matter how hard you or they campaign. We understand FPTP and the electoral college.
Because however principled you are about the shittiness of the two-party system - and it is indeed shitty, but it’s the one we’re stuck in - we have a practical choice of only one of two people, and he’s not the other one.
Americans have no choice but the 2-party state: it is futile to even try to change things.
Only in swing states.
Most states you know exactly what the outcome is going to be, no matter how hard you or they campaign.
We understand FPTP and the electoral college.