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jefftk on Oct 22, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in New York ...

> I’ve never seen a third candidate who didn’t benefit the incumbent

This is probably an effect of the current voting system.

The proposal here is to change the voting system, which will make third-party candidates less spoiler-y.

Spooky23 on Oct 22, 2019 [–]

They still need to caucus to get a majority in a legislature. Encouraging third party people, especially now, is just encouraging fringe lunatics.

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