@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 6 months agoAOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal: Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bnwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down12cross-posted to: politics
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkAOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal: Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bnwww.theguardian.com@[email protected]M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: politics
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink8•6 months agoI wish the US had been able to vote in these two instead of what it got.
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink9•6 months agoTheir views represent a minority of Democratic primary voters nationally. It’ll take changing public opinion a fair bit to get that.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink3•6 months ago@silence7 what would be really good would be if the US could have proportional representation. And if I could win the lottery and cure cancer and…
minus-square@[email protected]OPMlinkfedilink2•6 months agoProportional representation doesn’t solve all our problems; there are enough Republicans that they may well win a majority.
minus-squarelivuslinkfedilink3•6 months agoNo, but it would mean that people wouldn’t have to choose Biden type candidates or worry about splitting the vote. Proportional representation means parties can’t govern alone just because they have a plurality. I also think you’d find some Republicans split into smaller rightwing parties.
I wish the US had been able to vote in these two instead of what it got.
Their views represent a minority of Democratic primary voters nationally. It’ll take changing public opinion a fair bit to get that.
@silence7 what would be really good would be if the US could have proportional representation.
And if I could win the lottery and cure cancer and…
Proportional representation doesn’t solve all our problems; there are enough Republicans that they may well win a majority.
No, but it would mean that people wouldn’t have to choose Biden type candidates or worry about splitting the vote.
Proportional representation means parties can’t govern alone just because they have a plurality.
I also think you’d find some Republicans split into smaller rightwing parties.