Comes down to whether Nader actually believed he could win. If he did, he’s an idiot. But if he was just trying to make a statement, he could’ve just run through all the safely red/blue states to run up his vote count without acting as a spoiler.
What do you mean "at the time there was the belief"? It is a legitimate thing that if they reached a certain threshold they'd get campaign funds from the government. And still exists now too
Yeah silly him for thinking it was possible to try to break out of our terrible two-party electoral system, didn't he realize that as long as an opposition party exists everyone is morally obligated to vote (D)?
I can at least see the argument when people talk about this today, but projecting that back to the 2000s is just insane.
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u/Jaipurite28 Oct 16 '24
Also fuck Ralph Nader for intentionally campaigning in swing states