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In reply to the discussion: I'm gonna say something unpopular now [View all]
boston bean
(36,765 posts)142. And they know or do now.
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I doubt there are many people who vote third-party solely because they're told why it's a bad idea.
TwilightZone
Jun 2024
#1
Throughout the 20th century the popular vote results was the same as the electoral college votes. Now twice in the
Walleye
Jun 2024
#98
Thank you for your reply. I like it when there is a conservative third party on the ballot.
John1956PA
Jun 2024
#14
Exit polls from 1992 showed Perot voters splitting equally between Bush and Clinton had he not been on the ballot.
tritsofme
Jun 2024
#45
If we won Florida, we would have won the presidency...I hate Greens and they did it again in 16.
Demsrule86
Jun 2024
#94
Except, by Buchanan's own testimony at the time, he won a statistically impossible total of votes in a very Democratic
jaxexpat
Jun 2024
#30
That is legit in fact...most polls even ones I like are bullshit for many reasons...and bought and paid for by the right
Demsrule86
Jun 2024
#96
The Greens and Nader screwed Gore...and I don't think Green voters would have voted for Bush...they would have stayed
Demsrule86
Jun 2024
#100
the Consortium of news orgs that investigated afterwards claim that Gore won, if all the votes had been counted.
Grasswire2
Jun 2024
#29
In Florida at the time, if the voters intent could be determined, it would be counted
questionseverything
Jun 2024
#107
Explain me first the electoral college. Without it, the popular vote would likely elect a president.
usonian
Jun 2024
#13
Third party voters didn't vote for Nader or Stein because they believed they could win, they voted for them as
sop
Jun 2024
#16
You'll likely have the House determining the winner of the Presidential Election occasionally as well.
Ace Rothstein
Jun 2024
#39
In that case, they would have siphoned votes away from the Republican candidate
MichMan
Jun 2024
#72
I saw something I liked in the Greens of yore. People trying to shame me for my votes never won me over. It
GPV
Jun 2024
#28
Do you support third party challenges to Democratic candidates? Yes or no.
marble falls
Jun 2024
#31
I take responsibility for Reagan's election in 1980. I voted for John Anderson.
no_hypocrisy
Jun 2024
#57
Hilariously, I've seen "You don't always get what you want!" echoed more by RWers to Democrats angry over 2016.
Lancero
Jun 2024
#144
But it is true, unless a third party has infrastructure up and down the government
JT45242
Jun 2024
#67
Lots of interesting, thoughtful and even insightful responses on this thread
BWdem4life
Jun 2024
#126
Something tells me the blamers never learn their lesson. W's Texas purged Florida's voters.
GreenWave
Jun 2024
#73
And Anyway, The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Is Less Evil: Good Ain't In Pole Position On the Ballot....
The Magistrate
Jun 2024
#81
Indeed, Sir: The Only People Arguing This Is Not A Fact Are People Who Hope To Wreck A Democratic Candidate Again
The Magistrate
Jun 2024
#89
Our Party blaming the voters is like a business blaming the citizens for not buying its product.
jalan48
Jun 2024
#113
IMO, that is when it became clear that SCOTUS was a political court. And their decisions
walkingman
Jun 2024
#123
I think that if Gore won in 2000, we'd eventually have gotten a President McCain or Romney
Polybius
Jun 2024
#132
How do you "woo the vote" of someone who is leaning toward, say, Bob Kennedy?
LudwigPastorius
Jun 2024
#140
" voting is an emotional action and not a logical one" - who says?
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2024
#141