[Echo Talon]

The 3rd party in your example means nothing. The 3rd party most likely took votes from the winner, but that still means nothing. All your example shows is that the close runner up failed to convince folks he was worth voting for. The turnout was propably around 35%. Had the candidate done a better job, he would have motivated the needed votes out of the 65% that didn't vote. The 3rd party is still insignificant.

[spunkets]

Yeah, so? Most of those votes were probably D otherwise and the rest are crackpots. Talent should have run a better campaign and motivated folks. He had a pool of 3.7M to work on that didn't vote plus the Is that voted D. Why focus on the pool of 10K crackpots for blame? Is it easier to convince someone that voted for the D, or wasn't motivated to vote, or someone that's a dedicated LPer?

[Ciexyz]

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