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[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago

Fuck Trump, but tbf people shouldn't be allowed to be in office if they could die tomorrow from old age.

[-] Fjaeger@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 year ago

It's hard to understand for a non American, how it can be a Race between these two and only these two. This two party system seems so absurdly stubid. Not that we have it figured out anywhere else much better, but still.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 25 points 1 year ago

If we had Ranked Choice voting, we'd likely have a much more diverse candidate pool. It's not a perfect solution, but it is better than what we have now

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Remind me again, which party is making RCV illegal in the states they control?

[-] 1stTime4MeInMCU@mander.xyz 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Florida, Texas, Montana, Tennessee, South Dakota , Idaho all banned it. Sounds like republicans

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

[-] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 year ago

And trying to convince people to vote for someone else just increases the chance of the worst of the two winning.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s technically NOT a two party system. However the two major parties so dominate, that it’s rare for a third party candidate to get elected to any major office.

I think the biggest difference is we’re not a parliamentary system that encourages coalitions. Whoever wins, wins.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The bigger issue with third parties is that none of them actually bother to run anyone at a local or state level. If they started to grow their power and voting base normally, bottom-up, they'd have a lot more success than just sticking up a Presidential also-ran every 4 years and maybe a congressperson here or there.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

a left party should 100% be running aginst democrats in any race where they can get more votes than the republican cannidate. think big city local elections and safe blue state rep/federal house seats

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 15 points 1 year ago

I mean, any president can die in office to be fair, regardless of age, hence we have a vice president to take over in such a case

[-] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Last American president to die in Office was actually youngest American president ever.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Isn't Trump only like 3 years younger? By yhe end of his term he'd be older than Biden would be at the start of his.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Biden also eats healthy & exercises every day. Trump hasn't exercised since he was in his 30's & has never seen a Big Mac he didn't eat.

[-] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

That's not true. I'm pretty sure one of his former staffers said he threw one at a wall once.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm sure he took a bite out of it first.

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