GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoThey'll come demanding our votes any day nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square425linkfedilinkarrow-up1877arrow-down1125 cross-posted to: flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1752arrow-down1imageThey'll come demanding our votes any day nowlemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square425linkfedilink cross-posted to: flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agomaybe on your ballot there are only two. but not me.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoI’m not USian… do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 days agodepending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called “ballot access”, yes.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·5 days agoOk, so for the vast majority of people, not an option… this has been a productive discussion
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 days agoas i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoas I said, it is clear these are not true options…
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agopeople really could have voted for any of them. we can even write in candidates. the fact that so many did not is not evidence that those people couldn’t have.
maybe on your ballot there are only two. but not me.
I’m not USian… do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
depending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called “ballot access”, yes.
Ok, so for the vast majority of people, not an option… this has been a productive discussion
as i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
as I said, it is clear these are not true options…
people really could have voted for any of them. we can even write in candidates. the fact that so many did not is not evidence that those people couldn’t have.