But a Republican tried to kill another Republican! And an old guy had a cold!
Yes it’s quite the collection of ultra-complex confusing and incomprehensible mysteries
It's more like a school shooter whom Republicans refuse to do anything about in regards to restricting access to arms nearly killed their presidential candidate.
a bit on the nose isn't it?
That's pretty much how easy and obvious the choice is
What's it say about our country that we have so many that want to vote republican?
That media has gone unchecked for many decades. They shouldn't be able to spew lies and ignore key facts to create a false narrative like republicans have been doing for 50+ years.
Shit should've been regulated long ago so as to not have the current situation we're in where a portion of the population has become brainwashed.
Also that public education is in the toilet. And has been for decades.
Long ago, shit was regulated. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairness_doctrine&diffonly=true
nothing that isn't already well known
Whats it say about our country that so-called-progressives won’t vote Democratic.
Some people need help getting it
boTh paRtIeS arE thE same!
Hmmm, the nice old guy or the nasty old guy, so hard to choose! If only there were some difference between them to help me decide.
The orange one that's a racist rapist with 34 felonies states he's going to be a dictator
What if the yanks had more than 2 parties, maybe it would be great. Before anyone says anything, yes i know that other parties can exist but they dont do really anything.
What if the yanks had more than 2 parties
We're often lucky to have more than one party. States like Texas and Florida are so heavily gerrymandered that supermajorities for the prevailing party are practically assured. The Dems form a rump of opposition in these states, while Greens and Libertarians are barely an afterthought.
i know that other parties can exist but they dont do really anything.
Constituencies in Europe are significantly smaller and more regionally distinct. Hard to have a Scottish New Labor Party or a French Polynesia Party when our states are dominated by constituencies that moved in barely a generation ago. By all rights we should have a "Texas Party" and a "California Party". But its worth noting that the modern Texas GOP was built up practically brick-by-brick through George HW Bush and the Standard Oil company, originally based out in NY/NJ/CT. Dallas, Houston, and Austin are dominated by families of east coast Republicans who came spilling in during the 80s/90.
We should probably have a "Christian Democrats" party or a "Tea Party" properly, but the major religious and ideological leaders of the past were fully wedded to the existing post-WW2 partisan establishment. The closest we ever really had to a break-away party in the last half-century was the Jim Crow Segregationists under George Wallace. And that fell apart in the face of Nixon's Southern Strategy simply gobbling up all the Dixiecrats and turning them into modern day Republicans.
What if the yanks had more than 2 parties, maybe it would be great. Before anyone says anything, yes i know that other parties can exist but they dont do really anything.
That's because the Electoral College says other parties, who will necessarily not get as many votes as the other two, will not get any electoral votes. Most states are winner-take-all. As far as Presidential elections go, that's why there's never a third party winner.
Locally, you're likely to find "Independent" candidates who run without financial support from one of the two flavors of political soda, and occasionally other political organizations as well. Locally (city government, school board, etc.) it's possible. But nationally no party has had the reach or interest from voters to overcome the hurdles to federal election. Many have tried.
Technically we do, but only the Republicans and Democrats are ever given attention in the media so they're the only two parties most people know about before seeing the other options on the ballot. Add to that you get guys like Vermin Supreme as alternative choices, which if you don't know anything about them makes them look even crazier than the two big douchebags you do know about.
Not to mention that third parties CAN’T win with our current system except in extremely unusual circumstances. In order for viable third parties here we have to implement a different voting system like ranked-choice voting. A couple states have done this along with non-partisan redistricting but it’s not enough.
Kamala Harris is also now the only candidate who won't be fucking 80 while in office.
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