The problem here is that the 2 party FPTP system is propping up the republican minority party creating a catch 22 where in most countries the republican party would split between resulting in a centrist party and a “MAGA” party. Like if you look at the UK that’s kind of what happened. But here in the US its created a zombie republican party controlled by fascists.
Like the fact that more states have not adopted viable ranked choice voting methods and constrained the electoral college system is currently why Trump even stands a chance today. The people deciding the 2024 election are like begrudging centrist-leaning republicans who are being given two choices they don’t like and we’d all be better off if they could just get like a house rep isntead and didn’t decide the president.
I’m saying that the problem here is that the problem isn’t “Third parties” its “The Spoiler Effect”.
You might think that’s a distinction without a difference but if you say “We need to eliminate 3rd parties” that’s a very different solution from “we need to eliminate the spoiler effect”
PS: Fuck that moron Jill Stein because she’s only made this shit harder to talk about
The problem here is that the 2 party FPTP system is propping up the republican minority party creating a catch 22 where in most countries the republican party would split between resulting in a centrist party and a “MAGA” party. Like if you look at the UK that’s kind of what happened. But here in the US its created a zombie republican party controlled by fascists.
Like the fact that more states have not adopted viable ranked choice voting methods and constrained the electoral college system is currently why Trump even stands a chance today. The people deciding the 2024 election are like begrudging centrist-leaning republicans who are being given two choices they don’t like and we’d all be better off if they could just get like a house rep isntead and didn’t decide the president.
Yes, that is an accurate representation of the issue of FPTP.
What does voting for Jill Stein or RFK Jr do to change that in 49 of 50 states?
I’m saying that the problem here is that the problem isn’t “Third parties” its “The Spoiler Effect”.
You might think that’s a distinction without a difference but if you say “We need to eliminate 3rd parties” that’s a very different solution from “we need to eliminate the spoiler effect”
PS: Fuck that moron Jill Stein because she’s only made this shit harder to talk about