“So, you’re saying NY voters should have voted for Scuzzifalfa regardless of her political views?”
NY23 was such a whackadoodle anomaly that the regular rules do not apply. Hoffman was a Republican that went Conservative because Dede was a disastarous lib. there was no primary at all Ded dropped out and endorsed the Dem some people already voted for Dede with absentee ballots etc.
in this case i would have voted for Hoffman in a heartbeat but in most cases third parties do nothing but play spoilers.
I understand the dynamics of NY23. But does voting for the GOP candidate just because they’re on the ticket solve anything? That’s how we’ve arrived at this disastrous point. The GOP has become a carbon copy of the DNC. And we’d allowed that to happen by being their ‘sheeple’. We can cry and moan about the GOP all we want, but it’s our fault (our passivity) it’s happened. Now, when we say we’ve had enough, we rail against third-party activism? No, I don’t think I will. If I see a viable third-party candidate with fine, conservative credentials, that person will get my vote, unless the GOP has someone of equal credentials on their ticket. Period.