• gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago

    It’s not “hopping on the bandwagon”, with the way your election system is rigged, there are only two options for a lot of places, anything else is a wasted vote

    If you got rid of the Electoral Colleges and the FPP then suddenly it’s not a wasted vote

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      7 days ago

      And you know what changes first past the post? Democrats getting off their ass and voting for actual nondemocrat or socialist candidates. If they are pushed past the post by Democrats, then they win. It’s as simple as that. Trying to reform a party that is operating exactly as designed will always lead to failure

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        7 days ago

        No, all that will do is make republicans win in former Dem safehouses

        You woefully underestimate how much the deck is intentionally stacked against everyone but the big two