LOL - Perot, and his charts, changed nothing. He became a punchline in '96 with his “Ok, I dropped out, no, wait, I’m still in.”

His supporters went on to Ron Paul, who was equally ineffective.

The last time a 3rd party got any significant portion of the vote was Ross Perot in '92 and '96, it had 0 significance.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election

18.91% in '92, 8.4% in '96.

Before that, you have to go back to '68 where a racist 3rd party won 13.5% of the vote, and the South, also had no significance beyond that election.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election

If you don’t care if Trump wins, sure…

The only time in my lifetime someone other than the top two candidates got even a single electoral college vote, it was by accident in 2004.

So, yes, this single vote, cast in error, has a larger count than 50+ years of 3rd parties combined.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Minnesota

"The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. Nine were pledged for Kerry/Edwards, but one made a mistake and ended up voting for Ewards/Edwards[10] and thus became a faithless elector. Minnesota’s electors cast secret ballots, so unless one of the electors claims responsibility, it is unlikely that the identity of the faithless elector will ever be known. As a result of this incident, Minnesota Statutes were amended to provide for public balloting of the electors’ votes and invalidation of a vote cast for someone other than the candidate to whom the elector is pledged.[11]

Sonja Berg

Vi Grooms-Alban

Matthew Little

Michael Meuers

Tim O’Brien

Lil Ortendahl

Everett Pettiford

Jean Schiebel

Frank Simon

Chandler Harrison Stevens"

Funny, but no shitposting here. Slap an image on it and put it in Political Memes though!

Nutty and tart and a little bit sweet… but I put dried cranberries on/in everything. Dried black currants too!

(Non-Vegan) Banana Bread (1/2 stick of butter, 1 egg):

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I don’t think it’s about making a positive difference, it’s about liability.

Nope, which is part of the problem.

Tell you what, I’ll put my money where my mouth is. I’ll personally donate $1,000 to any 3rd party that cracks 3% nationally in the upcoming election.

No third party has reached those thresholds in years.

2020:

1. Democratic - 51.31%
2. Republican - 46.85%
3. Libertarian - 1.18%

2016:

1. Republican - 46.09%
2. Democratic - 48.18%
3. Libertarian - 3.28%

2012:

1. Democratic - 51.06%
2. Republican - 47.20%
3. Libertarian - 0.99%

2008:

1. Democratic - 52.93%
2. Republican - 45.65%
3. Ralph Nader - 0.56%

2004:

1. Republican - 50.73%
2. Democratic - 48.27%
3. Ralph Nader - 0.38%

2000:

1. Republican - 47.86%
2. Democratic - 48.38%
3. Ralph Nader - 2.74%

Rings true, isn’t true in actual practice.

Marx didn’t live long enough to see just how ineffectual that line of thinking actually is.

Winning really is the only effect and sometimes, not even then.

Same!

Which reminds me, I need to eat. BRB making 10 minute farro just for you guys. :)

https://traderjoesrants.com/2022/04/20/trader-joes-10-minute-farro-whole-grain/

+ dried cranberries, not sure if those are technically vegan or not. I hear spiders are all over cranberry bogs.

https://indie88.com/bog-spiders/

(2/4 kitties loved the farro, not down with the cranberries.)

He’s not actually picking a side:

“One must choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser of two evils? That lady or that gentleman? I don’t know,” Francis said during a press conference on the papal plane, referring to Harris and Trump. “Everyone with a conscience should think on this and do it.”

He’s equating Trump’s anti-immigration policy with Harris’ pro-choice policy.

He’s completely ignoring everything else about Trump.

Pretty much anything by Cherie Priest, the Clockwork Century books are great!

She actually is exceeding expectations.

Before getting the nod, the narrative was “everyone hates her”.

I fully expected her numbers to be worse than Biden and while they’re currently dropping to Biden-ish levels, she’s doing better than anyone really expected.

TBH - I still don’t believe she’ll beat Trump. I’d LIKE her to, but the numbers she’s putting up in Pennsylvania and Michigan aren’t encouraging.

PSL and De La Cruz are only on the ballot in 18 states for 220 Electoral College votes. They literally cannot win.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballot_access_in_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election

Taking votes away from Harris only helps Trump.