• jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
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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.