• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Saying a third party couldn’t win is factually incorrect

    Oh, you like facts?

    Here’s one.

    In the 2024 election the 3rd party presidential candidate with the most votes only got 0.5% of the total votes cast.

    So it is FACTUALLY CORRECT to state a 3rd party can’t win the presidency.

    Like, what do you not grasp here? No 3rd party has done the work to become nationally viable. No 3rd party even has a SINGLE member in Congress. It is ACTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE for a 3rd party candidate to win the presidency anytime in the remotely near future. It would take YEARS and YEARS for a 3rd party to become a household name and get members in Congress and actually have a shot at the presidency.

    Therefore, voting for a 3rd party candidate for president is akin to wiping your ass with your ballot, smelling it and thinking it smells nice, then flushing it down the toilet.