• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    3 hours ago

    49% of the country is voting for A

    49% of the country is voting for B

    2% of the country is voting C

    Idunno guys, I just feel like if we work really hard to siphon votes away from B, we can make it work

    • dx1@lemmy.world
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      37 minutes ago

      Yes, I have heard this math. Many, many, many, many times. Now, try the math where this is a democracy, we have the right to vote for whoever we want, the election results aren’t magically predetermined, and the 100% can be subdivided in any way among the group of all candidates - so long as the population, or even just a majority of it, isn’t religiously locked into the idea that they must vote for whatever candidate has a specific label or color next to their name.