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[โ€“] turtletracks@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I would burn the entirety of Ohio down in order to have more parties, I hate voting for the lesser of two evils, I've been doing it my whole life. Hardly feels like a democracy.

You know Donald Trump lost the 2016 popular vote, and George Bush lost the 2000 popular vote? ~~The last republican president to win the popular vote was George HW Bush in 1989 lol~~. Bush won reelection in 2004, my bad.

I'd go into the rest of the points, but you get it. It's a country for the rich

[โ€“] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

If we can't get rid of the electoral college entirely, electors should at least be proportional. For example, if Kamala Harris gets 25% of a state's votes and Trump gets 74%, then Harris should get 25% of the electors from that state (instead of zero).

[โ€“] lemming934@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

George W Bush won the popular vote in 2004

[โ€“] turtletracks@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

You are very right, my bad. To be totally fair, by .7%. I'll edit!

[โ€“] DNOS@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yah believe me if you had 6 or 8 you will still be voting for the lesser of two evils and you will spend your days trying to understand the differences...

[โ€“] turtletracks@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[โ€“] DNOS@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

We have a lot here in Italy and it's still a hard choice