His takes are fine but I feel running as anything but Republican or Democrat is almost useless. I HIGHLY support ranked choice voting, and if that would be implemented he’d be near the top of my ballot. Until then, he gets to sit in the independent corner.
@8RQ55J4 7mos7MO
Ranked Choice Voting is good, But you need to vote third party because if you give democrats a free vote, they will never do anything better than the Republicans.
While I disagree with the Democrats on many issues, I still believe we’ve ought to work within the current system to take down the dominance of the main two parties. While holding votes away from Democrats may incite policy change from their end, I find it risky giving Republicans political dominance for so long, especially with where their policy has been trending throughout the last fifteen years. When the Republicans were (and still are) suffering from the sectarian Trumpoid faction during the budget crisis, it made their position much weaker, and while that is good for us, it is why… Read more
@IdealisticGnuLibertarian7mos7MO
“I HIGHLY support ranked choice voting, and if that would be implemented he’d be near the top of my ballot.”
You're spot on about ranked choice voting. It reminds me of the 1992 Presidential race. Ross Perot, running as an independent, garnered nearly 19% of the vote. Imagine if ranked choice voting had been in place then? Perot's pragmatic approach might have seen him rise up the rankings. Just like your thoughts on Cornel West, perhaps? Ah, the road not taken...
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