US Politics on Sidechat | Couldn’t one argue that continuing to support a two party system that doesn’t work is complacency? (Coming from someone who refused to vote dem or rep this past election due to poor choices)

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US Politics 1w

Couldn’t one argue that continuing to support a two party system that doesn’t work is complacency? (Coming from someone who refused to vote dem or rep this past election due to poor choices)

Anonymous 1w

I hundred percent agree but apparently I’m privileged for saying that.

Anonymous 1w

Separating oneself from the system entirely doesn’t really help undo it. It just allows it to continue to function without your input.

Anonymous 1w

Normally I 100% agree with you and then some but with what was on the line this past election and where we ended up, this wasnt the time to go third party. Next election though absolutely

Anonymous 1w

You could, but it also signals that you’re indifferent to the outcome. Whether or not you support the two party system when you vote doesn’t matter if you think that determines whether it continues to survive

Anonymous

#3 1w

Not necessarily fully separating but understanding that I have a responsibility to find a better option (an independent)

Anonymous

#2 1w

Not necessarily saying not voting, but wishing people could rally behind the idea of they’re being more options. An independent

Anonymous

OP 1w

I mean I think that’s not really going to lead to many solutions, as the problem itself is mostly in our voting system. In our electoral system, winner takes all. That means in any case where two candidates are closer ideologically, they will split votes and benefit the candidate more distant from them. There’s lots of good examples of this, the recent Boca Raton mayoral election being one of them.

Anonymous

#3 1w

Independents just usually aren’t viable candidates outside of cases where a party candidate is very controversial (ex the NYC mayoral election). Independent votes or protest votes can theoretically influence party policy by signaling “you need to appeal to me to get my vote,” but I think in practice that tends not to work. And it relies on the threat of “I’ll let the other guy win” which can turn out really bad if that other guy is terrible.

Anonymous

#3 1w

I feel like the easiest way to try to help some of the issues with the Democratic Party (what I mainly think about, the republicans are kind of far gone) is trying to internally push for different policy through primarying. The system itself can also be made better through ranked choice voting (fairly simple) or a switch to a parliamentary system (hard, a complete government restructuring)