If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they least dislike, think about the Golden Rule.

It has been said a gazillion times over the last few months, but is it getting through to those who need to hear it?

  • @Dasus
    6•4 months ago

    On the other side of the Atlantic there’s usually two rounds, unless someone gets >50% of the vote in the first round.

    The second round takes the top two candidates and then people choose between them.

    Well I mean I don’t know of all European countries but this is fairly common afaik.

    • @jordanlundM
      3•4 months ago

      It doesn’t work that way in US Presidential elections.

      • @Dasus
        5•4 months ago

        Yeah. I know.

        The US doesn’t have a direct presidential election. You have the electoral college, ie an indirect election.

        • @jordanlundM
          3•4 months ago

          Correct, but even state by state, if you have multiple people running and nobody hits 50%, Presidential elections are not subject to a run-off election like we saw in the Georgia Senate race.