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Cary

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13. Pretty much

Reply to NotANeocon (Reply #12)

Wed May 12, 2021, 09:02 PM

May 2021

Had all of Stein's voters voted for Hillary Clinton she would have won. So you see the perils of multiple parties in a plurality system like ours.

It doesn't make for more choice. It enables a plurality.

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I don't understand the third party talk [View all] Cary May 2021 OP

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. n/t PoliticAverse May 2021 #1

It's relevant to us Cary May 2021 #3

It's A Dumb Theory IMO SoCalDavidS May 2021 #2

You're right - with two parties you always get mob rule. NotANeocon May 2021 #6

How would you enjoy life if you made fascists the plurality? Cary May 2021 #8

Aint that what happened in 2016 USA? NotANeocon May 2021 #12

Pretty much Cary May 2021 #13

Sometimes you get a Bill Clinton though. Frasier Balzov May 2021 #16

Every answer is binary - NotANeocon May 2021 #4

I don't give a rats ass if they so a third party. 48656c6c6f20 May 2021 #5

it's only media hype..... getagrip_already May 2021 #7

Agree...won't happen LeftInTX May 2021 #9

If they ever actually do it, not just blow hot air about it... JHB May 2021 #10

A party for Democrats. H2O Man May 2021 #11

A few really want to make this a separate Republican Party. Heavy lift. FloridaBlues May 2021 #14

Or a sufficient number of cult followers will magically recover Cary May 2021 #15