• direwolf@lemmy.mlOP
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    2 days ago

    Actually, there are other parties in the US. There is the Green Party and the Libertarian Party. Some drugs such as fentanyl are deadly if misused.

    • Jorge@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 day ago

      Are you trolling? Technically there exist other parties, but USian election rules (especially FPTP) are mathematically proven to cause such a huge spoiler effect that, even when a big fraction of voters hate both viable parties, electing a single third-party congressman is very unlikely, and electing a third-party president is nearly impossible.

      It is like saying that the Earth is not round, because, strictly speaking, it is slightly bulged.

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        7 hours ago

        Third party candidates can affect an election by drawing off voters. Third party candidates can also present new ideas.