[ExI] My prediction

[spike at rainier66.com]

…> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
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>… many Trump backers claim that there is no such thing as a person who is neither a Trump backer nor a Biden backer 

 

Both mainstream parties do that: assume if one is not aligned with their mainstream party, they are aligned with the other.  A perfectly reasonable line of logic suggests that if one does not reside in one of the (usually about 7 or 8) swing states, which have about 11 to 14 percent of the population, then one should choose whichever non-mainstream candidate which most closely aligns with one’s values.  Reasoning: if a third party scores well, it encourages the mainstream candidate to consider that third party’s platform in order to coax its voters.

 

Typical margin of victory in a POTUS election is 1 to 2 percent.  If it acted in unison, the Libertarian party alone can span that gap, meaning Libertarians could decide POTUS elections.  This is a joke of course, because Libertarians will never act in unison, out of principle.  If one of the mainstream candidates fully embraced the LP platform, the PL would not know what to do.  Likewise with Greens.  We would need to defect and form a conglomerate Green Libertarian party just so we could fight each other at our convention.

 

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