• Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Claiming independent doesn’t mean you won’t vote Democratic or Republican. There’s no “I” party

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      And even if there were, First Past The Post means a vote for anybody but D or R means you’re taking a vote away from your preferred D or R candidate. A smart “I” voter would only vote for an “I” party (if one existed) in cases where the more preferred D or R candidate was already basically guaranteed to win, so their third-party vote wouldn’t affect the D or R result.