PHOENIX (AP) – The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates hoping to capitalize on Americans’ ambivalence and frustration over a likely rematch between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.

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    We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic.

    Things Republicans say when defending voter suppression.

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      That’s not blue, it’s aqua! Both are blue Karen!

      A Republic has a Consitution that separates power away from a single person.

      A true Democracy has no means of protecting against a tyrant.

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        That’s the point of Political discussion, to grow your arguments and to learn from mistakes. It isn’t to convince someone to chance their position, that is impossible.