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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/politicalmemes
 

no one fucking told me about states banning RCV during all that yapping on here about how i should VOTE THIRD PARTY OR ELSE IM COMPLICIT in the DNCs CRIMES

it may or may not be joever, very blackpilled at this moment

edit it’s actually 10 states. 5 in the past two months.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's a system designed to keep the 2 parties in power. Voting third party means your vote is effectively wasted in a FPTP system

[–] Shardikprime 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If enough people do it over time I wouldn't think so right?

Each time they would win over and over more seats.

But of course that would require voters to recognize the situation, take the L and keep on continuing voting the third party

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In FPTP, not really because voting third party can split the vote between multiple parties meaning that none of them get a relative majority of votes and their common opponent wins instead. The system encourages you to vote for the next closes party that is the most likely to get more votes (strategic voting). It entirely favours a 2 party dynamic

This is a good video explanation that you may have seen before as it is popular

[–] PeggyLouBaldwin 2 points 5 months ago (4 children)

that video illustrates the problem with strategic voting: it consolidates parties. the lesson you sohuld learn from it is that strategic voting is actually voting against your own interest.

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