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Vinca

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18. We're not a parliamentary system like other countries. That's why 3rd parties screw up the works. I don't think

Reply to Jirel (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:43 AM

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there has ever been a positive outcome for the country when they siphon off votes. Nader gave us George W. Bush and the Iraq War as a good example and the Green Party and Jill Stein gave us the first reign of terror under Trump. I suspect they siphoned enough votes away from Kamala to dump Trump on us again.

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Probably hair splitting. But... carpetbagger Jun 8 #40

I know the history Cirsium Jun 9 #43

We're not a parliamentary system like other countries. That's why 3rd parties screw up the works. I don't think Vinca Jun 8 #18

In the United States, we build our coalitions before the general election Gore1FL Jun 8 #20

That's actually a pretty good way to look at it. Lucky Luciano Jun 8 #22

Multiple parties won't work in our current system. cab67 Jun 8 #21

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I go with option 2. LisaM Jun 8 #33

Oh. ThreeNoSeep Jun 10 #45

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Remember this guy? BumRushDaShow Jun 8 #34

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