silence7, 1 month ago Great that you voted, but third party basically throws your vote away in a first-past-the-post system. Let’s look at three situations: Scenario 1: D: 1001 votes R: 1000 votes H: 0 votes D wins Scenario 2: D: 1000 votes R: 1000 votes H: 1 vote Tied election, decided by the House, so R wins Scenario 3: D: 999 votes R: 1001 votes H: 2 votes R wins This is why it makes enormous sense to avoid third parties in most of the US, and choose the major-party candidate you’d rather negotiate with.
Great that you voted, but third party basically throws your vote away in a first-past-the-post system.
Let’s look at three situations:
Scenario 1:
D: 1001 votes R: 1000 votes H: 0 votes
D wins
Scenario 2:
D: 1000 votes R: 1000 votes H: 1 vote
Tied election, decided by the House, so R wins
Scenario 3:
D: 999 votes R: 1001 votes H: 2 votes
R wins
This is why it makes enormous sense to avoid third parties in most of the US, and choose the major-party candidate you’d rather negotiate with.