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Democracy is when only 14% of voters get to decide an entire election and the other 86% are functionally meaningless (hexbear.net)
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This is based on 43 states being considered "non-negotiable" and "set in stone" while only 7 are considered "swing" states

Also consider I specified "voters", who are at best only 2/3 of the total population, which leaves out about 100 million extra people

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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Lemmytors are truly insufferable, they come out and speak like the patients from heavy delusions jokes, but are entirely serious. And the worst part is, they are always assume it "will happen" despite all the centuries of it not happening.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"If you don't like the candidates, vote for the person most likely to implement ranked choice voting and then campaign to get it adopted!" ~I\ personally\ am\ fine\ with\ the\ status\ quo\ and\ will\ do\ nothing\ to\ help\ but\ good\ luck\ out\ there\ kiddo.~

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

vote for the person most likely to implement ranked choice voting

So, Claudia de la Cruz?

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

No, silly, she can't win because it has been foreordained as such.