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65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately the elected representatives don't care what the majority of citizens want.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago

Hell, a good chunk of the citizens vote for people that don't support their lives or values. It's fucked top to bottom.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That good chunk would be democrats and republicans

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

I don't disagree. The only real power us peons have is voting, and we are really, really shitty at voting.

[-] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

We are not shitty at voting, we are shitty to keep supporting the right wing duopoly. Not voting is a choice, and voting 3rd party is a choice. If the 76% of democrats that do not want Biden to run voted 3rd party they would win. People choosing to vote their fears instead of their conscience is whats holding us back

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

People choosing to vote their fears instead of their conscience is whats holding us back

Otherwise described as: being shitty at voting.

this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2023
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