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[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Evidence that third party votes would of voted otherwise? If people don't like any candidates, they might not vote at all

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Or, they might vote Republican. In 2016, Clinton was na clear establishment candidate and Trump was a (fake) populist. Voters who went Green or Libertarian as a vote against the establishment were unlikely to swing to Hillary.

I'm not sure that dynamic still holds now. The MAGA faithful think Trump is a populist, but I don't think anyone else does.