They are both right wing parties and both entrenched in capitalism and corporations and donation money.
The OP is true because more people are in the middle like a bell curve and the D is slightly right, while R is far right. So the more people you add the more likely they are to vote D.
how can we energize left leaning people to vote for more left leaning parties? maybe not this election cycle, but we might be able to push further left if we can get some green candidates in the house next time.
In a first-past-the-post system, a third party candidate only ends up taking votes from the mainstream candidate closest to their position. Even if you could somehow get a third-party candidate to be the most popular candidate, you’d have to convince the democratic candidate to drop out or they’d be splitting the left-of-center vote. And, the democrats have a vested interest in keeping third-party candidates out, so they almost certainly wouldn’t do that.
That is the MUCH better question everyone should be talking about, not arguing over Biden. We’re here, Biden is our only option, accept that and let’s talk about 4 years from now and start the movement for that now, not at the last minute.
I think making sure more people vote in their local elections, raising awareness of the actual POLICIES and the actual VOTING records of the candidates. Cut past all the talk and lies and BS. Help people look at what bills are out there and who is voting for what and vote for their desired candidates from that. Also getting more people to the primary votes. If we wanted Biden out then the primary vote was the time to do that, we could have flooded the polls for someone else back then. We could also have some campaigns or petitions or whatever to make known how people feel about issues and hopefully drive some change that way.
I am so tired of hearing people online like “I did nothing for 4 years and I’m mad at Biden for a genocide being done by another country on the other side of the planet so I’m not gonna vote for him now and I don’t care if that lets Trump win, it’s Biden’s fault.”
Most people want to think they’re in the center. But the second you dangle M4A, universal education, and the possibility of lower rents in front of them they love it. Not realizing that those aren’t center positions.
Yeah, but for some reason a lot of people also don’t want other people to benefit more than them, even if that person has a lot less than them. It’s wild. Something, something, bootstraps.
They are both right wing parties and both entrenched in capitalism and corporations and donation money.
The OP is true because more people are in the middle like a bell curve and the D is slightly right, while R is far right. So the more people you add the more likely they are to vote D.
how can we energize left leaning people to vote for more left leaning parties? maybe not this election cycle, but we might be able to push further left if we can get some green candidates in the house next time.
In a first-past-the-post system, a third party candidate only ends up taking votes from the mainstream candidate closest to their position. Even if you could somehow get a third-party candidate to be the most popular candidate, you’d have to convince the democratic candidate to drop out or they’d be splitting the left-of-center vote. And, the democrats have a vested interest in keeping third-party candidates out, so they almost certainly wouldn’t do that.
That is the MUCH better question everyone should be talking about, not arguing over Biden. We’re here, Biden is our only option, accept that and let’s talk about 4 years from now and start the movement for that now, not at the last minute.
I think making sure more people vote in their local elections, raising awareness of the actual POLICIES and the actual VOTING records of the candidates. Cut past all the talk and lies and BS. Help people look at what bills are out there and who is voting for what and vote for their desired candidates from that. Also getting more people to the primary votes. If we wanted Biden out then the primary vote was the time to do that, we could have flooded the polls for someone else back then. We could also have some campaigns or petitions or whatever to make known how people feel about issues and hopefully drive some change that way.
I am so tired of hearing people online like “I did nothing for 4 years and I’m mad at Biden for a genocide being done by another country on the other side of the planet so I’m not gonna vote for him now and I don’t care if that lets Trump win, it’s Biden’s fault.”
That is insane logic.
Most people want to think they’re in the center. But the second you dangle M4A, universal education, and the possibility of lower rents in front of them they love it. Not realizing that those aren’t center positions.
Yeah, but for some reason a lot of people also don’t want other people to benefit more than them, even if that person has a lot less than them. It’s wild. Something, something, bootstraps.
Something something right-wing propaganda