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A longtime GOP operative helped the Green Party’s Jill Stein get on the N.H. ballot. Democrats smell mischief. (www.bostonglobe.com)

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"According to FEC filings, the Synapse Group has worked for Republican Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota, who ran for the GOP presidential nomination this cycle, as well as GOP candidates for Congress. Synapse has also been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for field and canvassing work by America PAC, the outside spending group started by allies of Musk that has spent millions of dollars this election cycle to boost Trump and oppose Democrats."

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[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I think this is a losing issue for Democrats to be putting effort into.... while third party candidates may be spoilers in our current system the solution is not to try and disenfranchise those parties - it's terrible optics and, if you want to capture green voters there are so much easier tactics.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 2 points 3 months ago

Yep, and the reason they rely on non-Democratic operatives for this stuff is because the DCCC will blacklist you if you help a third party/independent campaign.

If you need the expertise to get on the ballot, your best chance is to hire someone that worked for one of the big parties before.

Instead of handwringing about spoilers, maybe democrats should run on some of the policies that are overwhelmingly popular instead so there's no room on the left for someone to run.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

But voters and politicians aren't one and the same. Voters have every right to call out spoilers. Politicians, I don't see doing it all that often, but even still you have a point there. They could listen more to what people actually want rather than being afraid of alienating centrists.

[-] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Instead of handwringing about spoilers, maybe democrats should run on some of the policies that are overwhelmingly popular instead so there’s no room on the left for someone to run.

The spoiler effect is the result of geometric distance between candidates, not the strength of policy positions. You don't know what you're talking about.

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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Isn't she also a crazy crystal lady? 🤔

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