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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.

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[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago

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.