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minus-squareboaratio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 hours agoI 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%.
minus-squareimaqtpie@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoTeddy 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?
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-23 hours agoWhat do we stand to lose? Try fucking everything, when the republicans easily win against a fractured DNC and America slips even further into fascism.
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%.
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?
What do we stand to lose? Try fucking everything, when the republicans easily win against a fractured DNC and America slips even further into fascism.
I stand corrected.