• FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    ???

    FPTP reduces your options to 2 (sometimes 3) and one of the options literally holds the stances you express worry about.

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      FPTP prevents 3rd party candidates from being viable. Until we get an Alternative Vote, there’s little that can be done to get third parties successfully winning elections.

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          4 months ago

          Why bother limiting it to candidates? I could just write down the person who best represents me.

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            If they’ve got a 0% chance of winning then you’re throwing your vote away and paving the way for the worst candidate. As I mentioned, FPTP reduces the number of viable candidates, but you still have a choice.

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              Everyone other than the top two have a 0% chance of winning. I could write down a fictional character and they would still get the same number of EC votes as a third party on the ballot.