• GerudoEnglish
    12·
    2 hours ago

    The results in any election? 27% claim independent, yet any major election is vastly R or D.
    My thing is, claiming your I but not voting that way is odd. I think we can say most libertarians that would be part of this independent block end up voting R.

    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      Claiming independent doesn’t mean you won’t vote Democratic or Republican. There’s no “I” party

      • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        And even if there were, First Past The Post means a vote for anybody but D or R means you’re taking a vote away from your preferred D or R candidate. A smart “I” voter would only vote for an “I” party (if one existed) in cases where the more preferred D or R candidate was already basically guaranteed to win, so their third-party vote wouldn’t affect the D or R result.