• Bertuccio@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    This is also why you vote in the primary of the party with the candidates you like least.

    If you view any candidate in party A as better than every candidate in party B, you need to vote in party B’s primary so the best candidate for you will make it to the general election. Then even if party A loses the general election you still get the candidate you like most from party B.

    This was a key strategy for black people in the south to get the least racist Democrats into office. It’s basically ad hoc ranked choice voting and it reduces the power of extremists.

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      16 days ago

      This is literally how Trump and many other fascist politicians have won. Don’t support fascists, how can that not be obvious?

      Nvm I misread your comment at first