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This is why third parties can’t win in presidential politics (www.editorialboard.com)

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"Voting for a third party accomplishes one thing. It takes votes away from one of the other major-party candidates. Given that the status quo favors the Republican candidate – think the Electoral College – voting for a third party is probably going to take votes away from Joe Biden. Whatever you think of him, he’s better than the alternative. (The alternative, by the way, likes making jokes about being a dictator.)

Actually, it accomplishes another thing. It enriches presidential candidates for third parties that do not work in cooperation with one of the major parties. (It’s called “fusion voting.”) For instance, the Green Party — these people know they can’t win. They know the status quo prevents them from winning. They don’t say that, though. In the space between what they know and what their supporters don’t know is a scam. In the absence of systemic change, third parties that don’t cooperate with one of the major parties are inherently exploitative."

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I’m not a partisan, but for the moment the Democrats cares about what I care about.

I’m not a political scientist, but I have taught political science. I’m not a partisan, but for the moment the Democrats cares about what I care about. I’m a journalist, writer and citizen. I’m a fellow at Yale’s Ezra Stiles College; a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly; a contributing editor for Religion Dispatches; and senior editor at Alternet and Raw Story. My byline has been in news outlets big and small, mostly small. Follow me @johnastoehr.

—John Stoehr^[[1] https://www.editorialboard.com/about/]

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