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this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2026
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The "blue no matter who" mindset is the correct mindset right now and for the forseeable future for national (presidential) elections.
There is no possibility whatsoever that a 3rd party candidate will win the presidency. None. At all. Period. The most popular 3rd party candidate in 2024 only got 0.5% of the total votes cast. And that was in an election where a lot of people were disenfranchised with the two big parties.
If people want to vote 3rd party, they should be doing it only in local/state elections to help build a 3rd party so that one day it may stand a chance in a national election. Again, not anytime remotely soon.
Let's try voting ourselves out of fascism (lol) before we focus on the longterm goal of electing a 3rd party president.
People alo need to understand that the spoiler effect is very, very real. 2000 was so close, that if just 1% of the people who had voted Green Party for Ralph Nader im Florida had instead voted for Al Gore, Bush would never have been President, the Iraq war wouldn't have happened, and our would would be in a much better place.
Because of the state I'm in, my vote for President doesn't matter. Electoral college elects President.
So, I often vote third party for President (with exception to vote against Trump).
Everybody who votes for third parties knows they won't win. That's not the point. You don't vote third party to win, you vote third party to encourage change in the major parties through this legal form of protest.
Remember, 40% of voters are Independents (D 30%, R 30%). You need their vote to win any election, Ds should remember that next time instead of chasing R votes (like Harris did).
Harris took a knee with the last election, and everybody in politics knows it. She's not stupid, only a fool would chase R votes.