Voting 3rd/independent is an absolute waste of a vote and always will be until that party gets strength in local and then state first. You want a true liberal party to get headway? Got to get those local people voted in. And even then it may take decades. A vote this year for president that’s not Republican or Democrat will be wholly ignored.
The American political system is (literally) foreign to me. Why would a party need strength in local/state offices first?
“leftists” like to pretend the primaries don’t exist and then they are all “wah wah how did we get here?”
It’s more than that though, true leftists don’t really have a party in US politics at all. Democrats are still conservatives and it’s a shock to liberals when they finally figure that out. And capitalists and lobbyists fight every day to keep it that way.
“Not voting will send a strong message”
And that message is “I like paying taxes and being ignored”
I think people think your post is right wing somehow. 🤷
Living in a two party system must suck… I dont think a choice between two parties who define themselves as the others opposite is a choice at all, the reality is just too complex to be viewed that way
Edit: Im beginning to understand the opinion portrayed here after watching a documentary on this recently, more and more people over there seem to be dissatisfied with their options and I cant necessarily judge them for not wanting a bunch of grandpas to make the important decisions
MMP isn’t perfect, but it’s better than any other system I’m familiar with.
If we could get a version of this where the sitting figures all look as angry as the 3rd panel, it’d be perfect.
