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    1 year ago

    If you’re in most states your vote will not matter due to electoral votes being all or nothing. Voting third party expresses your dissatisfaction with the major parties and helps to legitimize the third party in the eyes of others so it can have a chance in the future. And yes, everyone will always say this is the most vital election ever.

    • notatoad@lemmy.world
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      Voting third party expresses your dissatisfaction with the major parties and helps to legitimize the third party in the eyes of others so it can have a chance in the future.

      but only if the outcome is assured. in an election where there’s any chance of your vote making a difference, voting third-party is essentially a vote for whoever wins. in a first-past-the-post system, if you vote third party it means you could have voted against the winner, but chose not to