GodlessCommieM to Late Stage CapitalismEnglish · 27 days agoThey'll come demanding our votes any day nowimagemessage-square426linkfedilinkarrow-up1878arrow-down1127 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·26 days agomaybe on your ballot there are only two. but not me.
minus-squareJhexlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·26 days agoI’m not USian… do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·26 days agodepending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called “ballot access”, yes.
minus-squareJhexlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·26 days agoOk, so for the vast majority of people, not an option… this has been a productive discussion
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·26 days agoas i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·26 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.