Khoth comments on On Voting for Third Parties - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Coscott 13 January 2014 03:16AM

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Comment author: Khoth 13 January 2014 08:41:35AM 2 points [-]

Pro 5) The more people vote for a third party, the more likely it is that one of the main parties will adopt some of their policies in an attempt to get those votes.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 13 January 2014 02:09:08PM 0 points [-]

(Eliezer makes the same point here.)

Comment author: gjm 13 January 2014 11:41:32AM 0 points [-]

I think this is the same as (more accurately: is presumed by, and is the reason for the relevance of) Coscott's Pro 1.