And I’m being serious. I feel like there might be an argument there, I just don’t understand it. Can someone please “steelman” that argument for me?

    • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
      51·
      5 days ago

      Literally all of the third party voters could have voted a straight Democrat ticket and it wouldn’t have affected a single swing state. Third-party voting was down by about 60% versus 2020.

      • Gerudo@lemm.ee
        32·
        5 days ago

        Maybe not for the popular vote, but in individual districts that were close, it could have. Also, the constant talk for sure influenced some to not bother voting at all due to not having a perfect candidate choice.

        • knightly the Sneptaur@pawb.social
          21·
          5 days ago

          60% less than the last presidential election. The one Biden won.

          Stop blaming third parties for the Democrats’ failure to build a coalition within its own party.