• Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It’s because the Democratic party is a coalition. The Democratic party ISN’T LEFT. It’s a party made up of moderates (right wingers) and liberals.

    It’s essentially two different political philosophies trying to operate within one party.

    • Matt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      Which is why ranked choice voting allows people to better represent their candidate preferences. All the variety of political opinion can’t be represented in two parties.

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        5 months ago

        First past the post got us in this mess and it sure as shit ain’t gonna get us out of it. I’ll take a straw poll over what our current system is.

        Ranked Choice voting allows for the kind of direct democratic action as we just saw in France and what they finally got around to doing in the UK with the most recent elections.

        However, it’s against the best interest of the current politicians in power.

        How do we get Ranked Choice on ballot when the DNC won’t even use it in their primaries?

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          You get it by coming together. The smart politicians, and the hungry ones, will back the measures if there is enough open and consistent popular support. Remember that it is about power. Political power starts and ends with numbers. Make it more valuable to some to support a change and they will become an ally.

          However, this is done only through us coming together in unity, or under one or two strong leaders.