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Barbara Mullen's avatar

Nope. A big nope. A third party vote guarantees a trump win. See Simon Rosenberg on where the race stands today. Biden is gaining ground and is ahead in some areas, but his advantage is tenuous at this point. To add in a third party vote would be a disaster. I refer you to Gore/Bush/Nader and Clinton/trump/Stein/Sanders.

Third party candidates are outliers who do not have the best interests of the Country at heart. If they did, they would read the tea leaves and throw their support to the best candidate for Democracy. Third party candidates terrify me.

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Ned McDoodle's avatar

No, I was referring to Louise's better-half. A Republican who dislikes Trump might have voted for him in the past while pinching his or her nose. So, going third party in this particular demographic would help President Biden.

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Barbara Mullen's avatar

I know that. I was thereby prompted to write about third party candidates. I don't get all personal and personality in debates or politics Ned. It is about the issues and having friendly debates. Politics is the great American past time isn't it?

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Ned McDoodle's avatar

I appreciate your insights.

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Barbara Mullen's avatar

Maybe it's because I am Buddhist. Monks taught me to debate, and Buddhism is an intense practice requiring lots of study and analyzing. So instead of following the crowd (such as yesterday's massive group think) we are trained to remain calm and analyze.

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Louise Pattison's avatar

A third party vote from a R is better than a Trump vote from a R

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Barbara Mullen's avatar

We are playing a zero-sum game here. It's either Biden or trump. Third party votes pull votes from the 2 party candidates. At the end of the day, they are vanity votes and accomplish nothing. In our ever-increasing close elections, every single vote is crucial.

This race is turning on a dime. It's terrifyingly close. I refer you to Simon Rosenberg for his astute, better than mine, analysis of where we stand today.

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