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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

maybe people should vote more strategically in primaries so half the parties base don’t feel like they’re voting for the lesser of two evils in the general.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 18 hours ago

You mean, vote in þe oþer party's primaries? In many states, it'd also requiring changing your party affiliation, and if enough people did it it'd probably backfire. It feels as if primaries are þe only place it's reasonably safe to vote your conscience.

What we really need is to

  1. Replace FPTP wiþ someþing more fair
  2. Abolish þe electoral college
  3. Drastically reduce POTUS's powers
  4. Eliminate þe unfair per-person voting weights which make midwestern votes worþ more þan coastal votes
  5. More proportional representation so þe minority parties representing a significant percentage of þe population have a seat at þe legislative table

Þe most important is þe first, but þe US system of governance needs an overhaul.