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Are you saying that something helping the republicans isn't a threat to democrats? Or are you saying it's not enough to help because you've already forgotten the lesson from 2000?
No... I'm saying you're mistaking two different commenters as one
No... Because I'm only referring to one post.
I'll break it down for you. The first part of the post literally says this:
And then the very next part of the same sentence is:
Which is exactly what I pointed out. It starts by saying the green party isn't a threat and then gives the exact reason why it is a threat.
Chill? I'm not heated. Clearly it was a misunderstanding, that's why I explained it. I didn't mean any disrespect.
Fair enough. I see what you mean now. I realized I probably read a tone into your response that wasn't there and that is why I deleted my response. Thanks for your patience
Apparently a lot of people were thinking the same way you were if judged by the votes.
Why are you making stuff up?
What does Florida's fuckery have to do with independents?
I don't understand that conclusion. According to their table there, Gore lost by ~550 votes and Nader had over 90,000 votes. Do you really think those votes would have been evenly split?
I know reading is harder than looking at the picture, but give it a shot and you will have your answer. Of course, you won't. You will only cherry pick the things that you think will help your case. Problem is, no one believes you, and you aren't going to convince anyone otherwise
Edit: I did a bunch reading for you
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-al-gore-ralph-nader-2000-20160527-snap-story.html
I did read the link. And it still seems like a ton of mental gymnastics to ignore the vote totals.
I can give you the material but not the IQ
Is it really that hard to conceptualize 90,000 > 550? Or that green party voters back then were much closer to democratic voters than republican? You have to ignore the most obvious fact in order to contrive others.
You have literally ignored every other point I have posted, keep screaming the same thing as if somehow the popular vote has ever won a presidency
Screaming? I thought I was typing...
Uhh, that's exactly how it works per state. The most popular vote in that state gets the electoral votes for that state.
Too bad ~~Nader~~ Florida didn't act in good faith.