SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHow to spot a serious candidatemedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down136
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minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWell a lot of small elections don’t even have 2 candidates. Like city treasurer and positions like that for smaller cities. Even for mayor sometimes. Alderman. You can be an independent and win those a lot easier.
minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agoThe meme we are discussing concerns the effect of a spoiler candidate, which is something that you can’t have with fewer than three candidates.
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoYeah but then I said independents have better chances in small elections. And gave examples to clarify what I meant. You agree right ?
minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 hours agoI have no reason to talk about uncontested elections, as they’re completely unrelated to the topic here. I have no idea why you’d bring them up.
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoMaybe scroll through the conversation to see why it was relevant.
minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoIf you could explain yourself, then you’d have done so instead of asking me to figure it out. Believe me, these short comments are the maximum amount of time I am going to waste on you.
Well a lot of small elections don’t even have 2 candidates.
Like city treasurer and positions like that for smaller cities.
Even for mayor sometimes. Alderman.
You can be an independent and win those a lot easier.
The meme we are discussing concerns the effect of a spoiler candidate, which is something that you can’t have with fewer than three candidates.
Yeah but then I said independents have better chances in small elections.
And gave examples to clarify what I meant.
You agree right ?
I have no reason to talk about uncontested elections, as they’re completely unrelated to the topic here. I have no idea why you’d bring them up.
Maybe scroll through the conversation to see why it was relevant.
If you could explain yourself, then you’d have done so instead of asking me to figure it out. Believe me, these short comments are the maximum amount of time I am going to waste on you.