Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US?

• Limerance@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or proportional representation, or a mixed system.

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• brachiosaurus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Doesn’t work in single vote winner-takes-all elections.

  If a third party get 70% of the votes they don’t end up in power?

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  • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What happens in reality is they get 10% of the second most credible party and Maga wins.

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    • brachiosaurus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In reality all parties have the same change of winning in elections.

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      • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Not in a winner takes it all.

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  • Natanael@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Look up the spoiler effect

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  • jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

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