As soon as elections stop being just one vote per individual we can actually vote our conscience. New York City has Ranked Choice voting, so does Alaska and Maine. Ideally having STAR, Ranked Robin, or Score voting would be best as the first two are better versions of Ranked Choice voting.
This is called letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. We can push for better electoral systems while also refusing to vote for Democrats who support genocide or support throwing minority groups onto the pyre.
I agree that we should be doing multiple things at the same time here.
I’m in favor of championing leftists and progressives and pushing back against Dems that are acting in their own self interest. For sure the corporate owned Dems and Republicans that are propping up arms for Israel need to go and for those wanting to throw minorities under the bus.
Those in power do not want the electoral system to change, because they know of it changes they will lose their power which was only given to them because of how fucked up the system is. They rely on the system being fucked up.
Change will not come from within the system while those in power over the system benefit from its structure.
People are gonna need to find alternative means to take power back in order to affect change.
Why is no one voting? Could it be that making people choose between 2 shit candidates doesn’t work?
The voting system needs to change.
As soon as elections stop being just one vote per individual we can actually vote our conscience. New York City has Ranked Choice voting, so does Alaska and Maine. Ideally having STAR, Ranked Robin, or Score voting would be best as the first two are better versions of Ranked Choice voting.
This is called letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. We can push for better electoral systems while also refusing to vote for Democrats who support genocide or support throwing minority groups onto the pyre.
I agree that we should be doing multiple things at the same time here.
I’m in favor of championing leftists and progressives and pushing back against Dems that are acting in their own self interest. For sure the corporate owned Dems and Republicans that are propping up arms for Israel need to go and for those wanting to throw minorities under the bus.
It’s actually the only way it will change.
Those in power do not want the electoral system to change, because they know of it changes they will lose their power which was only given to them because of how fucked up the system is. They rely on the system being fucked up.
Change will not come from within the system while those in power over the system benefit from its structure.
People are gonna need to find alternative means to take power back in order to affect change.