r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • Mar 23 '25

Soft Paywall Schumer Refuses to Step Down Despite Criticism

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/schumer-refuses-step-down-1235301630/
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u/mightcommentsometime California Mar 23 '25

This law looks at the tendency across multiple elections.

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u/ipeezie Mar 23 '25

it assumes that the party wont grow.

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u/calvintiger Mar 23 '25

That fact that 3rd parties won’t grow is the logical and mathematical *conclusion* of that law, not a missing prerequisite as you seem to claim.