"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst Thälmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, Thälmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. Thälmann famously said that ‘some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forest’ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ‘social fascists.’

After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, Thälmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitler’s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."

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        The vote is counted. It gets tallied for the candidates it’s marked for.

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            Any candidate who gets 270 electoral votes.

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              Right. And PSL cannot get 270 votes from 18 states. It’s literally impossible. You’re throwing your vote away.

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                Do you think winning the electoral college is the only effect that a third party vote has?

                Especially for a party like PSL that runs down ticket candidates there’s much more than winning the ec.

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                  The winner wins the election and becomes the President and Vice President. That is what happens, not whatever your fantasy makes up.

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                    Wow, is voter turnout used for anything else?