qaz Mod , 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago)

This is my reasoning:

1. America has first-past-the-post voting
2. That means the party with the most votes wins it all
3. The republican (41.7%) and democrat party poll high, nothing comes close (40.4%) (next up is Kennedy at 9.1%) and the last candidate that wasn't from either party was George Washington (1789 - 1797), therefore a vote for another party is essentially meaningless.
4. Therefore, either the Republican or Democratic Party win
5. The candidates for both parties have been determined at this point and are highly unlikely to change unless any of them die, therefore either Trump or Biden wins.
6. Therefore, all actions come down to 2 things: Increase the chance of Biden winning instead of Trump or don't

In my opinion, the only way to avoid each election coming down to damage control is to get rid of FPTP voting.

EDIT: The last candidate that wasn't from either party was not George Washington as lemonmelon@lemmy.world pointed out. It was Millard Fillmore (1850 - 1853).