California’s governor is being touted as a successor to the Biden throne. Though he’s often imagined as a beacon of progress, his feckless record shows otherwise.
Some do, sure. But the two major parties have only put monsters on the ballot for the past few decades, so we don’t really know how many would pick a non-monster given the chance.
Parties didn’t put those politicians on the ballot, voters did. The Democratic party got rid of smoke filled rooms and contested conventions in the 1970’s and the Republican party followed suit in the 1980’s.
If you are disatisfied with the pols on offer, you have only to look to your neighbors.
The voters are often just as behind at times as the politicians they put into office. The lion’s share of the voters are neo-liberal Boomers and Gen Xers, of which the Gen Xers are more conservative than the boomers as of 2024.
We’re not going to look much different for ant least another decade unless suddenly a ton of Millennials and Zoomers show up to vote in record breaking numbers.
Changing our voting systems locally and on the state level is the best chance we have at making a difference within the next 10 years, imo. It opens up access for third parties to grow and it lets progressive have a better chance of squeaking out wins against the neo-liberal incumbents.
lol, you mean the same DNC that said “…the DNC charter’s promise of ‘impartiality and evenhandedness’ as a mere political promise—political rhetoric that is not enforceable in federal courts.” ?
The same party that openly rigged the past two elections for the candidates that they wanted?
Hard disagree. The voters very clearly do like monsters.
Some do, sure. But the two major parties have only put monsters on the ballot for the past few decades, so we don’t really know how many would pick a non-monster given the chance.
Parties didn’t put those politicians on the ballot, voters did. The Democratic party got rid of smoke filled rooms and contested conventions in the 1970’s and the Republican party followed suit in the 1980’s.
If you are disatisfied with the pols on offer, you have only to look to your neighbors.
The voters are often just as behind at times as the politicians they put into office. The lion’s share of the voters are neo-liberal Boomers and Gen Xers, of which the Gen Xers are more conservative than the boomers as of 2024.
We’re not going to look much different for ant least another decade unless suddenly a ton of Millennials and Zoomers show up to vote in record breaking numbers.
Changing our voting systems locally and on the state level is the best chance we have at making a difference within the next 10 years, imo. It opens up access for third parties to grow and it lets progressive have a better chance of squeaking out wins against the neo-liberal incumbents.
lol, you mean the same DNC that said “…the DNC charter’s promise of ‘impartiality and evenhandedness’ as a mere political promise—political rhetoric that is not enforceable in federal courts.” ?
The same party that openly rigged the past two elections for the candidates that they wanted?