GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThey'll come demanding our votes any day nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square379linkfedilinkarrow-up1847
arrow-up1847imageThey'll come demanding our votes any day nowlemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square379linkfedilink
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI’m not USian… do you actually get the possibility of choosing something NOT republican or democrat?
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agodepending on the jurisdiction, and the race, and a concept called “ballot access”, yes.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoOk, so for the vast majority of people, not an option… this has been a productive discussion
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoas i said, it depends. most people had 3 to 6 options for president.
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoas I said, it is clear these are not true options…
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months 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.
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.