• ForegoneConclusion@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Isn’t the problem that there’s only two options? Here in Norway we have 10 different parties that are all quite popular. To me having only two options seems only marginally better than 1.

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      1 year ago

      Yes. They have FPTP elections everywhere from top to bottom. Even state houses and senates are divided in blue and red because of this, WTF. They could really do with an electoral system update.

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      1 year ago

      Yes, but the problem is deeper than that because one party is demonstrably worse than the other. Dems are still too conservative, Republicans are literally tearing the country apart.

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        1 year ago

        I always use this analogy when people say "but the Democrats aren’t giving me everything I want:

        You’re on 8th Street and want to get to 1st Street. In front of you are two cabs. The Democrat cab will only take you to 3rd Street. Close, but not really your destination. The Republican cab will take you to 16th Street before locking you in the cab and setting it on fire with you inside.

        By the way, not choosing in this analogy isn’t an option. If you don’t choose (don’t vote), then a cab is chosen for you.

        So is the Democratic cab perfect? Of course not. However, it’s a lot easier to recover from being dropped off at 3rd Street than it is being set on fire all the way over on 16th Street.

    • Cheems@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well the problem is we don’t have ranked choice voting in most all places. So if you’re not voting for red or blue you are kinda wasting your vote.