House Democrats are pushing a contentious Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill that would allow tens of billions of dollars to flow to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),…
I’ll admit that it’s not an issue that I’m especially familiar with. What are they doing to implement it on the national level? The best the Democrats can do is promise it for 2028 primaries. In my eyes that’s just more delay tactics
Voting is not the only tool we have to put pressure on politicians who actually believe in democracy. They will respond to public outcry. The problem is politicians who don’t believe in democracy because all that moves them is money.
Many former two party countries have managed to elect third, fourth and fifth+ parties, usually once the voters are sick enough of being forced to vote for the lesser evil every cycle.
We have two conservative parties in the US.
Actual centrism doesn’t even get representation, let alone leftism.
Just Nazi Right and Diet Nazi Right.
That sounds exactly like what someone would say who had a vested interest in making people give up on voting.
Name an issue and I’ll show you how the ratcheting effect works. Sorry if reality conflicts with blueMAGA
Ranked choice voting/instant runoff voting.
I’ll admit that it’s not an issue that I’m especially familiar with. What are they doing to implement it on the national level? The best the Democrats can do is promise it for 2028 primaries. In my eyes that’s just more delay tactics
Not really.
I think it makes the point that if youre at the vote and those are the options, youre starting too late.
You still vote for the best option (as in, least horrendous), but you need another option to actually move anything left by voting.
Voting is not the only tool we have to put pressure on politicians who actually believe in democracy. They will respond to public outcry. The problem is politicians who don’t believe in democracy because all that moves them is money.
Many former two party countries have managed to elect third, fourth and fifth+ parties, usually once the voters are sick enough of being forced to vote for the lesser evil every cycle.