Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoJoe Biden suddenly leads Donald Trump in multiple pollswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1596arrow-down135cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1561arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden suddenly leads Donald Trump in multiple pollswww.newsweek.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square305fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agoIt’s not as bad as refusing to participate, or voting for the downfall of democracy, but I don’t think it crosses into the threshold of “good”. Just “useless”.
minus-squareeclipse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoLegitimate question: is there no benefit to voting for a party if they won’t win? Do they get any future election funding or… anything?
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoIf a third party gets at least 5% of the vote, they get a small amount of the official presidential campaign funds.
It’s not as bad as refusing to participate, or voting for the downfall of democracy, but I don’t think it crosses into the threshold of “good”. Just “useless”.
Legitimate question: is there no benefit to voting for a party if they won’t win?
Do they get any future election funding or… anything?
If a third party gets at least 5% of the vote, they get a small amount of the official presidential campaign funds.