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Why A Third-Party Candidate Might Help Trump — And Spoil The Election For Biden
(fivethirtyeight.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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In practice it doesn't work that way. There's as much chance a Green elevation is going to work against Trump. People in Republican states aren't going to vote for Biden, but they might be persuaded to vote for Green candidates over Earth conservation issues. Farmers and hunters can usually see green problems despite not being able to see progressive issues.
Some of the greatest conservationists in the world have come from hunting groups that have become disillusioned by the loss of game to aggressive corporations and destructive hunting practices. Similarly farmers see the breakdown of the ecosystem.
None of this needs to involve liberal and Democrat viewpoints.
Biden identifies himself as being neutral, if another candidate who also identifies himself as neutral shows up, he'll take votes from Biden.
No one who would vote on a threat to world peace like Trump would vote on a "neutral" candidate, they will only vote on other white supremacist candidates.
American politics is also very simplistic, you just say "I _____ abortion" and people say Yes/No on the spot, they don't care about anything else.
I fucking hate single issue voters. I'm pro-gun but would never even consided voting for a republikkkan (aka: fascist). They'll take away your guns as soon as they steal the country. Every "freedom" that republicans claim to support, they only support them for fascists, and even then, they would get purged as soon as their usefulness is over.
gotta agree with you on that. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: trump and his ilk are the single greatest argument for maintaining the 2a.
Per OP, the concern is more about a No Labels-funded candidate. It’s Perot all over again. Clinton won by 6%. Perot got 20%
In other words… in practice, it worked that way in recent history
Generally Libertarian party voters have more overlap with Republicans, and Green party voters have more overlap with Democrats. Both run in most elections.