03-07-2023, 09:57 AM
(03-06-2023, 07:19 PM)WychesWarrior Wrote: I get a lot of that shit too. I reply with "a wasted vote is a vote for the status quo if you're serious about change". They usually STFU after that.
In a winner-take-all, first-past-the-post system like most states have, a vote for a third-party of an independent is a wasted vote at best, a vote for the major party candidate you oppose more at worst. It's a phenomenon we call Duverger's Law/Principle. It
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
