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minus-squareaviationeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down6·edit-29 months agoWhy are either of them choices?
minus-squarepensa@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down2·9 months agoBecause we have a first-past-the-post voting system that all but guarantees only two parties are ever real contenders. We must to move toward ranked-choice voting if we ever want to have more options.
minus-squarenicetriangle@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 months agoFirst past the post voting, Citizens United, and the Electoral College, among other reasons.
minus-squarePigsInClover@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoToss in all the barriers to even get a third party candidate on the ballot
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·9 months agoWhy can someone collect social security and enact policy that takes it away from people paying into it? No senior citizen should be allowed to hold office.
minus-squareKnacht @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoStep right up dude, what have you got to loose?
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 months agoAre you under the impression that it costs 0 dollars to make an earnest run for president? I have my life’s savings to lose. And I’d lose it, because the presidency is a game of connectedness and reach ($), not ‘governing chops.’
minus-squareaviationeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoI’m running for president. Please write in [email protected] next year. I swear I am legally eligible…
minus-squareVieuxQueb@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·9 months agoI guess that’s the best USA had to offer.
minus-squareaviationeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoTiger king would have been better.
Why are either of them choices?
Because we have a first-past-the-post voting system that all but guarantees only two parties are ever real contenders. We must to move toward ranked-choice voting if we ever want to have more options.
First past the post voting, Citizens United, and the Electoral College, among other reasons.
Toss in all the barriers to even get a third party candidate on the ballot
Why can someone collect social security and enact policy that takes it away from people paying into it?
No senior citizen should be allowed to hold office.
Step right up dude, what have you got to loose?
Are you under the impression that it costs 0 dollars to make an earnest run for president?
I have my life’s savings to lose. And I’d lose it, because the presidency is a game of connectedness and reach ($), not ‘governing chops.’
I’m running for president. Please write in [email protected] next year. I swear I am legally eligible…
I guess that’s the best USA had to offer.
Tiger king would have been better.