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.
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
If you are interested in breaking the two party system, it is literally the most important issue out there. IMO there is no way, outside of violent revolution, of breaking up the two party system besides this.
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.
I don’t know which examples you are thinking of, but I would bet that is after changes in the law or without an explicit constitutional procedure on voting.
As far as voting for the lesser evil, that is beyond naive. Every election is voting for the leaser evil. If you expect to find a candidate you agree with 100%, you will be waiting til the heat death of the universe.
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.
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.
If you’re poor, that option is called “voting in the primary”. If you’re rich, that option is called giving or withholding candidate money.
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.
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
If you are interested in breaking the two party system, it is literally the most important issue out there. IMO there is no way, outside of violent revolution, of breaking up the two party system besides this.
I agree with that much, but I’m not familiar with it as a political issue outside of “Republicans hate it, democrats are tepid”
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.
I don’t know which examples you are thinking of, but I would bet that is after changes in the law or without an explicit constitutional procedure on voting.
As far as voting for the lesser evil, that is beyond naive. Every election is voting for the leaser evil. If you expect to find a candidate you agree with 100%, you will be waiting til the heat death of the universe.