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Zmoser1794 t1_iumfemn wrote

Why does it always boil down to a 2 party system? Why are we always stuck with a turd and a shit sandwhich

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usatoday OP t1_iumkul1 wrote

Love the partial "South Park" reference.

The major parties do a good job of painting each other as so terrible, evil or odorous that a lot of voters would feel guilty "wasting" their vote on a candidate who appears to have no legitimate shot at winning. This is why some people advocate for ranked choice voting and independent primaries. The newly founded Keystone Party of Pennsylvania has been a vocal proponent of both.

That said, here are the third-party candidates in the big races this year: Libertarian Matt Hackenburg, Green Party nominee Christina DiGuilio and Keystone Party nominee Joe Soloski in the gubernatorial contest, and Libertarian Erik Chase Gerhardt, Daniel Wassmer of the Keystone Party and Richard Weiss of the Green Party in the Senate race.

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Drewcifer81 t1_iumn8bh wrote

>Keystone Party nominee Joe Soloski

Is there any difference between the Keystone Party and the Libertarian Party, given that Soloski has run as a Libertarian numerous times before?

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Moxy79 t1_iun0w58 wrote

The Keystone Party has heavy Libertarian leanings but rely on Government intervention for healthcare economics etc where Libertarians want government out of everything. TBH as a lifetime Libertarian I've kind of found that most Libertarians align more with Keystones way of thinking than the hard "Anarchy NOW!" stereotype that people think we are. Unfortunately like with all Partys the fringe seems to get the headlines. Here is their platform https://www.keystone.party/

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eviljelloman t1_iumj6hl wrote

BoTh SiDeS. Get out of here with this bullshit. The two are not even remotely comparable in badness.

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Zmoser1794 t1_iumtisy wrote

Ohh jeezzz I pushed your buttons huh bud. Grab some milk and sit down child.

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300blakeout t1_iuqe1uc wrote

You’re right, the left side has completely lost its marbles. Total circus…

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psychcaptain t1_iumv5uy wrote

It funny. It's never 'Here is why I disagree with the Democratic Party and why the GOP is better' it's always 'GOP can't be evil by itself, it must be both sides'.

You have to wonder if the Citizens of Germany in the 1930s had to deal with this as well.

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Zmoser1794 t1_iun0i4q wrote

That is the second time I've gotten the answer that the Nazis happened and that's why we don't have more than 2 parties lol. I just don't see why if people don't like the republican candidate and they are republican and they don't like the democratic candidate and they are democrats that they can't all rally on a 3rd party to even the playing field. Then I get the answer well it will just split the vote so the other side will always win, which happened once in US history that I'm aware of and it was never tried again.

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fusionfarm t1_iumq7im wrote

Because it's political theater, both sides allow it to happen to increase hate in their votor bases to distract them from the whole picture while making them bicker over a bunch of petty bs.

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Zmoser1794 t1_iumtmrc wrote

Facts, that's why I never understood why we continue to keep the charade going.

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