• arin@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    First time independent wins election? The powers will be so furious, might be another assassination(suicide) before that happens

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        4 months ago

        Only if you don’t tell your Democratic peers to vote independent

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          4 months ago

          It only works if you can get about 70 million to go along with you and vote for the same independent.

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          4 months ago

          Fuck yeah, I can just copy and paste this whenever you tell people without ranked choice voting to vote independent. People can watch you not answer anywhere then.

          Okay sure, let’s have this discussion.

          The first massive favor I’ll do is give you the benefit of the doubt and accept you’re saying this in good faith and not as a right-wing sock puppet.

          The next massive favor I’ll do is accept your (ostensible) plan is wildly successful, far beyond what you could reasonably hope for. Everybody is so moved by your comment that you convince 80% of Democrat voters to vote independent and every single one votes for the same independent party. Hell, I’ll even throw in 10% of Republican voters.

          The only thing we won’t give you is the ranked choice voting needed to stop your idea being dumb as fuck. We’ll stick to reality for that one.

          So tell us how the next 4 years play out in your head. Polls close, votes are counted. Democrats 9.8%, Toothfairy Party 44.1%, Republicans 45.9%.

          Then what?