simplejack

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I’d argue that you don’t need it in every state. You just need it in enough states to make a 3rd party candidate viable.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Thing is, research organizations have and do survey the public about this. A LOT of pollsters were surveying the public about RFK during this round.

A non-zero amount of 3rd party voters always say they’ll move toward Trump or Harris depending which 3rd party option falls off the pick list.

And when races are tight enough to be decided by a few hundred or a few thousand votes, a small non-zero amount of people can be the difference.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Look at the math.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/president

Two last elections were won with 1 or 2 percent of certain states swinging one way or another. 1% of people voting Green in a swing state can absolutely hand the election to the fascists.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I feel like we need something like the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that is aiming to eliminate the electoral college, but for Ranked Choice.

Passing this federally is too hard. We need do to this state by state.

Until I can vote for a third party with RCV, then I might as well be saying that I have zero preference about the GOP and DNC options on the table.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (11 children)

How many lithium ion battery fires have you put out?

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Dude could say “I’ll only do a second debate if it’s on Fox.” But it looks like he’s too afraid to even do that.

I’m reasonably sure he’d get owned on Fox too.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

He’s not even proposing to do it on Fox.

His campaign knows that he’d also get completely served if he was on his propagandist’s network.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Yeah, they put product compatibility for everything on the site. But we also enjoy shit posting about this over priced microfiber cloth every year.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

My guess is that the motivation was user feedback and keeping things simple so they’re easier to repair.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 51 points 6 days ago

Sounds like a joke.

You might be on to something

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

When I upgraded it wasn’t so much about the minimal updates in this year’s phone. It was the sum of 5+ years of updates that was compelling.

Dynamic Island, a big camera spec jump, much faster Face ID, smoother scrolling, USB C, better Siri, MagSafe, etc.

 
 
 
 
 
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