Ted Rall for May 03, 2023

I doubt it can happen, but some form of ranked choice voting would go a ways toward fixing this. I could vote for the candidate I really DO like and then follow up with some “okay” ones and then Biden (in this case): Not my first choice but WAY better than the alternative.

Of course, for Presidential elections, we should also deep six the Electoral college.

So when Rall derides Biden he knows it’s in support of the Rump.

How about the voting System Robert Reich proposes? would that be do-able?

Ted, I agree, but… it ain’t something that’s going to change overnight. And it’s an uphill battle against the partial oligarchies in many industries, especially in the media.

And there’s still a dramatic difference between the candidates AND the people they surround themselves with.

We CAN vote against a candidate we dislike…we just vote for the one we dislike less.

I have had enough of the Biden administration. I am willing to give Trump another, and final, go at it. He can’t possibly do worse.

If the GOP give the insurrectionist traitor the nom, then we know who to vote for!

Politics have turned beyond vicious…and the degree of ignorance and greed has been overwhelming!

Evolutionary process is making the upcoming elections the last for 20th-century political ideology. Gen-Z and progressive 21st-century ideologies are the future.

The Founding Fathers had grave reservations about having political parties in the new nation. There is nothing in the Constitution about them for a reason.

Yes, but members of either party can ‘cross the aisle’ to support the other party in support of legislation that will benefit all Americans….Bwajajajajajaja! Just kidding.

That’s how Hitler won with 38% of the vote.

No matter who you vote for the government always gets in.

So, what’s the alternative?

If only we had a collaborative pro-America government instead of two mutually exclusive, opposing ideologies that refuse to submit to the will of the entire electorate.

Mr. Rall apparently does not know that there are more than two political parties in the US. We have Libertarians, Socialists, The Green Party, Independents, probably more. You can also write in a candidate.

It’s the difference between disappointment and horrified. Hmm, which to choose?

Both parties favor business over citizens.

What, Ted, 16 candidates per party during the primaries isn’t enough for you? And who’s stopping you from creating your own political party if the others don’t meet your liking?

Within each party are members that range from Liberal to conservative. They ebb and flow as time goes on, the Republican Party having moved more to extreme conservative now as opposed to their Liberal birth in 1854. Today’s Democrats have the ‘Blue Dog’ coalition, 8 members that are conservative including the well known Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. Some vote for a party out of habit or loyalty or tradition, but most vote for the person running. The military is known to vote Republican which is a tradition since 1865 regardless of politics, or the total change in political philosophy since Nixon. Today’s generational Democrats can be traced back to FDR and the Great Depression. Who makes the decision about who is elected? The voters do, as evidenced by the 2020 election and since.

But someone one will always come along and try to convince voters they have no choices, voting doesn’t matter, the parties are loaded, the elections fixed. That is a full load of baloney. If anyone thinks that the parties spend $billions to get your vote that doesn’t matter, then they’re just being silly, or have an ulterior motive in mind.

There is a way. Hijack one of the parties. The Tea party did that with the Republican party. Now to find a way to hijack the Democratic party (for the better)

Okay, I’ve given up. Now what?

Giant D*****e vs T**d Sandwich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au8oNaVHUHw&ab_channel=MrRogers

Actually, there usually ARE additional political parties other than Republican and Democrat – AND voters may vote for candidates from those additional parties. Problem is, too many people think that they can only vote Republican or Democrat.

After watching the correspondence dinner, I think we’ll be just fine with Biden. He’s the experience we need now to get through this with a Republican Party that has decided to side with actual Nazis. Shame on them.

Hence, the Uniparty and political careers that stretch on for decades.

On the one hand, you have a political party which staged a coup to prevent Democrats from holding federal power.

On the other hand, you have a political party which allowed that first political party to stage a coup and never held any of the conspirators to any sort of accountability for staging a coup. Which suggests that they DGAF about their “opponents” calling for their summary execution and seizing power instead of abiding by the rules of our democracy.

And “stans” of that party continue to make excuses for the delays and inaction, as though the next election will be remotely fair if another coup is in the works.

The ability to hold a vote of no confidence in the entire government would possibly unite Americans of all political persuasions.

Most people don’t vote in primaries — mostly because they believe this, so maybe stop trying to convince them that it’s true.

There are few better systems. None of them have an Electoral College to save the loser.

Imagine a three-party system where the winner gets 35% of the vote.

And for big business.