• PugJesus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    So that way you have a say in which of the two viable choices (in most elections) are presented to the electorate?

    Unless you’re part of some locally competitive party that has primaries, in which case I understand.

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      5 months ago

      I am a member if no party because I fundamentally disagree with political parties in first past the post electoral systems for the same reason I oppose communism. When it scales up a party makes it far too easy for the party leadership to abuse that power and institutionalizing that power means that positive change is more difficult to enact.

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        5 months ago

        Registering for primaries at least when there are primary candidates that are prominently championing ranked-choice voting might be worth considering.

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          5 months ago

          Nope, the state Democratic party sucks and I don’t live in the one district that ever goes Democrat for state representative. All of our national stuff is Republicans and has been for decades.

          I only vote because we sometimes get elect a Democrat for a governor.

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      I am a member if no party because I fundamentally disagree with political parties in first past the post electoral systems for the same reason I oppose communism. When it scales up a party makes it far too easy for the party leadership to abuse that power and institutionalizing that power means that positive change is more difficult to enact.