Ohioan here who got the Join the Revolution mailer.
Not certain on TimBuck2theMoon’s meaning on "joke’, but Ohio does first past the post voting, which enforces a 2 party system. As long as we have first past the post voting, any 3rd party candidate is a joke candidate.
Levy doesn’t really have a chance, but can pull votes away from Brown (Dem candidate).
Personally, I’d rather vote for a socialist, but that’s only slightly better than not voting and the Republicans being in power is too great a threat to ignore.
The time to vote socialist is during the primaries to try to replace moderates with actual left leaning candidates. Outside of primary season, we can critize and pressure the Dems to actually do something productive, but wasting votes in battleground states just enables the fascists to win and they won’t be pressured from the left.
Ohioan here who got the Join the Revolution mailer.
Not certain on TimBuck2theMoon’s meaning on "joke’, but Ohio does first past the post voting, which enforces a 2 party system. As long as we have first past the post voting, any 3rd party candidate is a joke candidate.
Levy doesn’t really have a chance, but can pull votes away from Brown (Dem candidate).
Personally, I’d rather vote for a socialist, but that’s only slightly better than not voting and the Republicans being in power is too great a threat to ignore.
The time to vote socialist is during the primaries to try to replace moderates with actual left leaning candidates. Outside of primary season, we can critize and pressure the Dems to actually do something productive, but wasting votes in battleground states just enables the fascists to win and they won’t be pressured from the left.