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Also, in b4 fascists start pretending like the Stalinist bootlicker Thalmann hadn't spent the past half-decade backstabbing and burning bridges with the SPD, which had previously been cooperative with the KPD after the establishment of the Weimar Republic.
if democrats really cared about ppl voting, they would be introducing proportional representation (eg ranked choice) electoral reforms rather then blaming voters for knowing exactly what the democrats are...
that said... hold your nose and go vote if you are in a swing state.
There's been considerable momentum towards ranked choice reform in the US in the past few years, most of it through the Dems.
They are.
https://apnews.com/article/rankedchoice-voting-connecticut-lamont-elections-f8514d3ebffedbbfe5a6c50f83690d11
People don’t pay attention and completely ignore their local elections in favor of national. People need to focus more on the local before expecting national changes.
Incidentally, Republicans have also made moves on ranked choice voting. They've banned it in Florida.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2024/09/11/florida-has-banned-ranked-choice-voting-but-advocates-say-theyre-not-giving-up/
But someone will be around to tell me more about how both sides are the same.
They currently don't have the necessary majority in Congress to pass such legislation. The legislation has been proposed, but if the Dems don't control Congress it's not going to happen.
So even if you aren't in a swing state you might want to go out and vote down ballot if you want ranked choice voting.
Also proportional representation is a whole different thing from ranked choice voting.
Most of this would happen at the state level. That's where most of the mechanisms of voting are handled.
But yes, this just moves the problem into state legislatures.
There is a new bill that would implement Ranked Choice Voting for congressional elections.
https://raskin.house.gov/2024/9/raskin-beyer-welch-bill-would-bring-ranked-choice-voting-to-congressional-elections-across-america
noice
more of this pls.