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arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkIndependent Kyrsten Sinema will not seek reelection to US Senatewww.reuters.comhedge@beehaw.org to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarespider@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoNot really; it’s just a convenient excuse for the Dems to blame others and not take responsibility for their own mistakes. For example: How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately “elevated” Donald Trump with its “pied piper” strategy (Also, the Green Party had nothing to do with Scalia stopping the Florida vote count in 2000, which is how George W. Bush “won” the presidency.)
minus-squareThe Baldness@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThe Dems making mistakes and Greens being spoilers are not mutually exclusive.
minus-squarespider@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIn some cases that’s a mistaken assumption. Some voters don’t bother voting if they don’t have an acceptable candidate to vote for, and sometimes that’s a third-party candidate. Despite protests to the contrary, the two major parties are not entitled to these votes.
Not really; it’s just a convenient excuse for the Dems to blame others and not take responsibility for their own mistakes.
For example:
How the Hillary Clinton campaign deliberately “elevated” Donald Trump with its “pied piper” strategy
(Also, the Green Party had nothing to do with Scalia stopping the Florida vote count in 2000, which is how George W. Bush “won” the presidency.)
The Dems making mistakes and Greens being spoilers are not mutually exclusive.
In some cases that’s a mistaken assumption.
Some voters don’t bother voting if they don’t have an acceptable candidate to vote for, and sometimes that’s a third-party candidate.
Despite protests to the contrary, the two major parties are not entitled to these votes.