4mo ago

Young independents grapple with frustration over the two-party system

www.nbcnews.com

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- The problem is that the 'Not Perfect' party refuses to actually fight or advocate for universal, popular policies. Instead, the "Not Perfect' party sits on their hands, bullies their base, and waits for everything to collapse so that they are the default option.
  
  So vote in the "Not Perfect" parties primaries to get better candidates nominated, and at the same time work on getting a ballot initiative for ranked choice voting.
  
  The "not perfect" party got us gay marriage, the affordable care act, and the repeal of don't ask don't tell. The response was Trump's first term.
- Agreed. The Looters' Party is the reasonable choice. The best part with those guys is that you get to keep whatever you get your hands on.
Sigh. Welcome to the party.
Support ranked choice voting! This is the best way to move away from a two party system presently available to us. Also, Freakonomics had a fun episode on duopoly (episode 356)
- My state rejected the state-wide RCV measure in November :⁠-⁠\
Jesus, if only there was a party the was in the primaries that supported a voting system that isn't first past the post.
Oh wait.
https://www.progressivecaucuscenter.org/ranked-choice-voting
The solution is to have no parties. Everyone just runs for office on their own
- The first past the post system will still spoil the vote with more than two candidates. The solution is ranked choice voting.
  
  Ranked choice is a step in the right direction, but Approval Voting is better and more intuitive, imo.
  
  Well, yes. Ranked choice and no parties. ;)
- That only works if truly nobody is "backed" by a larger organization. Taking away party affiliation just makes it harder to identify where a candidates loyalties lie.
  
  No candidate should have loyalties to any group other than the American citizens.
…to be independent is to be frustrated with the two party system…
Like water is wet.

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