GodlessCommieM to Late Stage CapitalismEnglish · 2 days agoThey'll come demanding our votes any day nowimagemessage-square358linkfedilinkarrow-up1818arrow-down1119 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareJhexlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI’m not USian… do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agodepending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called “ballot access”, yes.
minus-squareJhexlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoOk, so for the vast majority of people, not an option… this has been a productive discussion
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoas i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agopeople really could have voted for any of them. we can even write in candidates. the fact that so many did not is not evidence that those people couldn’t have.
I’m not USian… do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
depending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called “ballot access”, yes.
Ok, so for the vast majority of people, not an option… this has been a productive discussion
as i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
as I said, it is clear these are not true options…
people really could have voted for any of them. we can even write in candidates. the fact that so many did not is not evidence that those people couldn’t have.