• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    When people say that, they don’t mean it literally, but functionally it’s correct:

    3p   D   R D-R
     0  92  91   1
     2  90  91  -1
    

    A vote for 3rd party is one less potential vote for D, which is functionally equivalent to one more vote for R.