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SocialDemocrat61

(4,550 posts)
Fri May 23, 2025, 09:10 AM 7 hrs ago

Conservative voters need only one reason to vote for the worst candidate

Green party voters only need one reason not to vote for the best candidate.

This is why we lose elections.

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Conservative voters need only one reason to vote for the worst candidate (Original Post) SocialDemocrat61 7 hrs ago OP
Green Party candidate for president only ran to ruin the election. rainy 7 hrs ago #1
Greens represent less than a couple of percent of the voters. There are no Greens in Congress, or as Governors ... marble falls 7 hrs ago #2
Exactly SocialDemocrat61 6 hrs ago #3
They're more libetarian than anything. They don't believe in local organization like the early tree hugging Greens ... marble falls 3 hrs ago #4

rainy

(6,282 posts)
1. Green Party candidate for president only ran to ruin the election.
Fri May 23, 2025, 09:15 AM
7 hrs ago

They did not campaign to win votes. I think they are paid so that Musk can shift votes to them from Democrats by hacking the machines that he declared were so easy to hack.

Plus Trump winning all of the swing states doesn't pass the test of the professionals that analyze the results.

marble falls

(65,508 posts)
2. Greens represent less than a couple of percent of the voters. There are no Greens in Congress, or as Governors ...
Fri May 23, 2025, 09:17 AM
7 hrs ago

... or in many offices past local. I flirted with Greens until I saw how many politically conservative most were,

SocialDemocrat61

(4,550 posts)
3. Exactly
Fri May 23, 2025, 10:12 AM
6 hrs ago

They don’t even run in local elections. They only pop up every 4 years to run in presidential elections.

marble falls

(65,508 posts)
4. They're more libetarian than anything. They don't believe in local organization like the early tree hugging Greens ...
Fri May 23, 2025, 01:17 PM
3 hrs ago

... they don't even try bottom up organization, they think they can bring about their change top down. Unfortunately they just can't see how they're being played as a tool instead of a goal.

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