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[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

What if "didn't vote" counted as "voted against both options, please try again with less shitty candidates."?

I think we'd have a better world

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Hot take: voter suppression would be far more widespread, as it would stalemate the current "interim" government into power. Permanently. The current system, for all its flaws, doesn't have that weakness.

[-] Sharkictus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

My counter to that is the interim gets executed if they go over a time limit, and new one is appointed.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I like the way you think

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What if "didn't vote" counted as "voted for both options, they're equally wonderful and we'd be happy either way"?

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Well that's what it counts as now.

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Not really, did not vote is exactly the same as voted for the winner. In a FPTP not voting is saying whoever wins, that's what I wanted.

[-] hightrix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I’ll take one good option. That’s all I ask, someone to vote for, not as a vote against the other person.

[-] match@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

kamala is worth voting for tbqh

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem with a Presidential system is that there are plenty of eligible candidates. There just aren't any "electable" ones. Even within a given state, you often only have one "electable" option, because your state is going to tilt 5-30pts towards that person anyway.

One of the appeals of a small-district parliamentary process (as seen in pretty much every other functioning liberal democracy) is that you don't need to choose between Old Racist Fuck and Coconut Lady. You can focus your attention on local politics and send up an MP aligned with a regional party willing to form coalition on the condition they can bring back some benefits to their community.

But that requires you to have elected officials you can actually meet in your neighborhood, rather than minor aristocrats who govern from impenetrable gerrymanders spread across a 50 mile territory.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

That would be amazing... If it were true

[-] dirtbiker509@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

And also ranked choice voting, so there can be more than just 2 people running. F the 2 party system.

[-] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2024
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