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In the eyes of a considerable many, voting for anyone else is the same as a vote for Trump. Maybe it has always been this way.
by anonymousab 10y ago
In the eyes of a considerable many, voting for anyone else is the same as a vote for Trump.
Maybe it has always been this way.
- stronglikedan 10y agoIn the eyes of supporters of either major party, a vote for a third party is a vote for the other major party. It may not have always been this way, but it has for as long as I've been an engaged voter (~20 years).
- cafard 10y agoIt depends on who the third party is. More from Republicans: Theodore Roosevelt, probably George Wallace and Ross Perot More from Democrats: Henry Wallace, Strom Thurmond, Ralph Nader Who knows: John Anderson. I think that Roosevelt, Perot, and Nader all had strong effects, I don't think that Thurmond, either Wallace, or Anderson changed the outcome.
- ktRolster 10y agoWhen anyone says that to me, I respond with, "No, because otherwise I would vote for Hillary." That both angers and confuses them, which delights me. Alternately, to people who consider it the same as voting for Hillary, I blithely say, "No, because otherwise I would vote for Trump." Same lovely effect.