• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    nah, let her.

    it’s time they had a proper third party down there anyways, the democrats are fucking useless

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      10 hours ago

      I agree the Democrats are useless, but the only time in modern history a third party has gotten any measurable percentage of the popular vote is when Ross Perot ran as an independent and got 19%.

      • imaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.one
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        4 hours ago

        Teddy Roosevelt got 27% in 1912 with the Bull Moose party. Not sure if that counts as modern history.

        It’s true that a third party candidate would be a major long shot but fuck it, what do we have to lose?