The discourse on American politics sometimes devolves to “Leftists who won’t vote” & “MAGA Republicans” teaming up to “getting revenge on liberals”.

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    103 months ago

    In my state at least if a third party receives at least 5% of the vote they’ll get significantly more funding in the next election cycle. Pretty sure that’s true across the US.

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      73 months ago

      You mean that thing that hasn’t happened since Ross Perot in Texas 30 years ago?

      Surely his Reform Party is still around after having their funding boosted, right? Nope, they dissolved in '97 after doing even worse at the polls in '96 than in '92.

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        73 months ago

        That’s simply not true. The Reform Party got Jesse Ventura elected governor of Minnesota in '98.