• bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Echoing this, if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes, then the decision goes to the house of representatives, currently majority Republican. Actually voting for Stein or another third party is unlikely to get them elected to office, but introduces multiple potential ways to get Trump back in office.

    The Bernie approach of getting into the primaries introduces the opportunity to debate the establishment and better advocate for change from the front runner.

    EDIT: Each state gets one vote in the house of representatives when electing the president, so the existing Republican majority doesn’t apply. This probably would make it easier for Trump to get elected because populated Democrat states have the same number of votes as less populated Republican states.

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      3 months ago

      Echoing this, if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes, then the decision goes to the house of representatives, currently majority Republican.

      Then the Democrats should find a candidate that is strong enough to not have to worry about that. That’s what democracy and voting is all about. It’s not just about who YOU want to win.

      I don’t like Harris enough to vote for her. So I am voting for Stein. As is my right.