• mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca
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      16 hours ago

      nah, let her.

      it’s time they had a proper third party down there anyways, the democrats are fucking useless

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        11 hours ago

        I agree the Democrats are useless, but the only time in modern history a third party has gotten any measurable percentage of the popular vote is when Ross Perot ran as an independent and got 19%.

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          5 hours ago

          Teddy Roosevelt got 27% in 1912 with the Bull Moose party. Not sure if that counts as modern history.

          It’s true that a third party candidate would be a major long shot but fuck it, what do we have to lose?