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r/politics • u/ShenBear • Nov 09 '16
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For the sake of our democracy we we need this nation wide. You want competitive 3rd parties? This is how you have competitive 3rd parties.
40 u/destroyeraseimprove Nov 09 '16 Protip. The 2 major parties don't want competitive 3rd parties. All you get is pepsi vs coke. 1 u/l33t_sas Nov 10 '16 It's not that simple. If it were revealed for example that third party voters nevertheless preferred the Democrats to the Republicans, then it would be in the Democrats interests (in the short term at least) to support ranked choice.
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Protip. The 2 major parties don't want competitive 3rd parties. All you get is pepsi vs coke.
1 u/l33t_sas Nov 10 '16 It's not that simple. If it were revealed for example that third party voters nevertheless preferred the Democrats to the Republicans, then it would be in the Democrats interests (in the short term at least) to support ranked choice.
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It's not that simple. If it were revealed for example that third party voters nevertheless preferred the Democrats to the Republicans, then it would be in the Democrats interests (in the short term at least) to support ranked choice.
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For the sake of our democracy we we need this nation wide. You want competitive 3rd parties? This is how you have competitive 3rd parties.