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[–] Bonskreeskreeskree 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Just curious, do you really expect Republicans or democrats to support legislation to end their stranglehold on American politics?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

"In 2023, 74 bills were introduced supporting ranked-choice voting and 57 of these bills had only Democrat sponsors. In fact, just eight percent of the total bills received bipartisan support."

No, but there's one party that has shown support for it and one party that has attempted to outright ban it.

It's an easy choice.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

There's one party that pretends to support it publicly as long as they can blame the Republicans for "blocking it".

Ftfy. This is the Democrats go to game plan.

It is insulting to pretend Democrats support ranked choice voting while they're suing to keep it off of the ballot in DC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 minutes ago

There are some democrats that support ranked choice voting.

There are almost no republicans that do.

It is still an easy choice.

[–] RedditWanderer 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Dictatorships are a terrible place to live because the wealth of the nation doesn't depend on the citizens. Illiterate slaves can dig-up a mine.

Democracies on the other hand are better places to live not because the people are better, but because the wealth of the nation is dependend on the productivity of the citizens. That's the only reason you have a highway to the hospital.

Vote in the party you think will enact change, and protest / halt the economy until changes start happening. Right now politicians and corporations don't care nobody is happy, it's not affecting their bottom line. Id argue in recent years they accelerated their abuse because there are no consequences.

The parties in place won't do it themselves, the people need to do it