• Userpc933@lemmynsfw.com
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    1 month ago

    Evidence that third party votes would of voted otherwise? If people don’t like any candidates, they might not vote at all

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      Or, they might vote Republican. In 2016, Clinton was na clear establishment candidate and Trump was a (fake) populist. Voters who went Green or Libertarian as a vote against the establishment were unlikely to swing to Hillary.

      I’m not sure that dynamic still holds now. The MAGA faithful think Trump is a populist, but I don’t think anyone else does.