With a electoral system like Ranked Choice voting, people would feel safe to vote for whomsoever they wish, as their vote would still be counted even if their preference didn’t win.
Just search for videos on FPTP voting if you want an explanation on how and why the spoiler effect exists.
Electoral reform is possible in each individual state (for now), we dont need federal reform! Maine and Alaska have already passed electoral reform.
Republicans are moving to make alternative electoral systems illegal in their states. Republicans LOVE first past the post voting. Just sbsolutely adore it. Why would you want to use the same voting system republicans want?
More political parties means a higher percentage of the population is represented by their choices in the voting booth. More people involved in the electoral process, more people engaged.
Its a win win win all around for not just the people, but also for the democratic party. More people voting means more democratic votes. The numbers dont lie. So what’s the hold up blue states?
Some day we will be able to vote for who best represents our interests. We won’t need to grovel on our knees, begging for representationin government. We won’t need to wait for the Republican party to stop existing.
We can do it right now. We don’t have to get over a damn thing. If anyone needs to get over themselves, it would be the democrats who assume they are the only way forward.
Consider starting a campaign to change how we vote in your own state! Force our representatives to compete with fresh outside ideas. We deserve the best representation, not excuses.
Don’t give me somebody I want to vote for and I’m not voting. Done playing the fear-based voting game.
DNC fucked themselves by throwing Bernie Sanders under the bus. Count individual donators and Bernie wins by a landslide. Biden and Trump just got corrupt corporate sponsorship.
Bernie or Warren, but it seems the US is still not ready for a woman president, unfortunately.
Imagine if all the people who didn’t vote, instead wrote in their candidate.
The message sent by not voting is “I’m cool with whomever I get” not “I’m too cool to vote”.
There’s no point without alternative voting like RSV. Cool, you wrote a name down. Might as well just yell a candidate’s name into the ether and throw your ballot in the trash.
If there is a huge section of the population that writes in candidates, the person who would have won those votes in a ranked choice situation is motivated to enact rank choice voting.
If you don’t vote you don’t matter to anyone.
That’s so backwards. Why don’t we actually put RCV on the ballot instead? I’ll sign any petition. I’ll vote in any election where RCV is on the ballot or a candidate is advocating for RCV or some other alternative voting method.
They can make the same assumption about how they lost their votes whether I write a candidate or don’t vote at all. Newsflash, if you vote for anybody besides the major two candidates you don’t matter to anyone.
THAT is a lot worse than Joe Biden.
Then they should make me want to vote for them.
Trump should be enough motivation to vote for whoever is running against him.
Obviously it would be best to have someone you are motivated to vote for, but absent that mythical “perfect world”, it’s still in your interest to vote against the much worse candidate.
I’m not voting for Trump either. Somebody on the right would feel the same as you do about that not being a vote against Biden.
Not voting is my vote. You can play the game if you want but looks like you might be in Canada.
Given the cult-like loyalty that Trump somehow manages to have, I see abstaining from the vote as not negating their vote for the objectively more insane candidate.
Yes I am, and what you guys do down there has an outsized effect on us (and anyone else who has a diplomatic or trading relationship with the USA).
i’m one person. people are gonna vote if and however they want to vote. if Trump makes people vote, good for them. Biden does not make me want to vote, and using scare tactics to get me to vote proves they’re just two sides of the same coin. left and right both have cult-like loyalty and there are insane people on both sides.
Tons of elections have been won or lost by a really small number of votes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_close_election_results
Not voting means someone else gets to make that choice for you.
“Both sides are the same” is a lazy cop-out.
There are clear differences if you’re willing to put In a small amount of effort to try.
Sorry. I’m not voting this election. Best of luck to you.
you have to earn a vote, it is not something you get by default … also they are materialy the same, also Biden has failed to make any of his promises to the electorate unless you count the one to the doners where he said nothing would change… so no I will not be voting for biden
Getting trump for 4 years is acceptable punishment to the dnc for not providing better candidates?
It’s not intentional punishment. It’s just what happens if they don’t have a candidate I want to vote for. If a restaurant makes food I don’t like I’m not punishing them for not eating there.
I’m guessing your healthcare rights are not at risk of Trump gets into office.
If you’re referring to abortions, every state has the power to make it legal if they so choose. Biden doesn’t have the power to make it federal law and Trump wouldn’t have the power to make it illegal in a state where it’s currently legal.
Trump appointed a large amount of conservative judges and would appoint many more further degrading women’s rights for decades.
Biden should have done the same. expand the court. he instead did nothing.
Trump is worse than nothing. He is actively turning back rights by several generations and people are just going to let it happen by throwing a fit.
i’m not letting it happen. the system is letting it happen. it’s what America wants. America wanted Obama at one time and republicans were not inspired by their candidates. then they wanted Trump and many people probably turned out to vote because they didn’t want Hilary to win (fear voting, or anti-voting). then Biden won because people didn’t like Trump and weren’t afraid enough of Biden. now the Democratic party is in a position to give us a candidate that we actually care about, and they’re just maintaining the anti-voting strategy. when does it stop? America wants what it wants, not what it doesn’t want.
Sure thing whitey, you’ll still be on the wall next to the Nazis you’re collaborating with.
Price of admission to those Instagrammable pride marches is gonna start being your “I Voted” sticker with “allies” like you to count on.