• centof@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Dean Phillips got right around 20% even with the fact that Biden did a write in. I’m honestly kinda surprised it’s that low. I would have expected there to be more than that considering the write-in.

    Not that it matters since the DNC took away New Hampshire’s say in the matter by nullifying their delegates. It is kinda horrifying that a private organization (the DNC) can just decide who has a say in choosing which candidates of the 2 we get to choose between.

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      1 year ago

      The reality is that in any other country a private organization (=a party committee) decides who is the candidate for their party, and therefore who the public can vote for

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      the USA isn’t really supposed to have political parties like you do now.

      Washington and other “founding fathers” argued against a party system, and there are no references to parties in the Constitution or other original documents mandating how elections are conducted.

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      It’s always been the way. Even if the plebs vote for someone not approved by the party (ie Bernie), they have super delegates that get to outvote the others to promote their choice.

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          1 year ago

          The sad thing is you’re technically correct only because it’s people with a similar mindset to you on the matter that perpetuate this idea.

      • centof@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Sure you can, but what you can do is irrelevant. Even if you do it is guaranteed not to have a say nationally because of our first past the post voting system locks out any competition. You have 2 meaningful choices, anything else is locked out by our voting system and rendered non meaningful.