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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)

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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago

I'm told that if we vote and then wish hard enough RCV will manifest and save everything

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago

Lemmytors are truly insufferable, they come out and speak like the patients from heavy delusions jokes, but are entirely serious. And the worst part is, they are always assume it "will happen" despite all the centuries of it not happening.

[-] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

football-lucy

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

"If you don't like the candidates, vote for the person most likely to implement ranked choice voting and then campaign to get it adopted!" ~I\ personally\ am\ fine\ with\ the\ status\ quo\ and\ will\ do\ nothing\ to\ help\ but\ good\ luck\ out\ there\ kiddo.~