• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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    7 months ago

    You get to choose, between the Republican nominee and the Democratic nominee.

    If you vote Libertarian, you are helping Biden by taking away a Trump vote.

    If you vote Green, you are helping Trump by taking away a Biden vote.

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      7 months ago

      To clarify, the above wasn’t some kind of rhetorical question. I’m not American and am not asking for voting guidance.

      You seemed to be saying that once a politician gets to a position of power, voters are no longer allowed to try to influence their decisions around whether to run, be the nominee etc.

      That seems problematic to me, and against the basic principles of democracy, so I’m querying it.

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        7 months ago

        Incumbent politicians have multiple advantages, but if you don’t want them then the choice is to vote for their opponent or not vote, which really is the same thing.

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          7 months ago

          That seems really anti-democracy. If an incumbent performs poorly or breaks promises there should be mechanisms for people to ask to select another candidate to represent them.

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            7 months ago

            There is, it’s called “voting”. But you aren’t just going to remove someone as a candidate because you don’t like them, that’s undemocratic.

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              7 months ago

              But didn’t you just say they can’t vote for non-Biden democrats?

              I feel like either I completely misunderstood your initial comment about Presidents having so much power, or else you’re misunderstanding what I’m asking.

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                7 months ago

                They can, it’s pointless, but they can. Nobody is going to sufficiently challenge the de facto leader of the party.

                See all the primaries so far, on both sides.