The Vermont senator, who has long had a tense relationship with the Democratic Party, suggested in an interview that more progressives should join him in running as independents.
We’re not going to fix it by voting third party, period.
The only way it can be fixed is to do it through changes led by our elected officials. So we need to advocate for and support people that can make it happen. We need to protest for it, push for it, put people in power that support it.
If someone doesn’t support it, we need to exercise our votes together and get someone in there that’s more progressive and will fight to make changes, not preserve the status quo.
But we can’t lose sight of the drawbacks of our voting system while we work to see those changes implemented.
We can’t get there by fracturing our vote into two less powerful groups/parties. They will win every time, because they’re united.
We have to get people ready to exercise their vote for a united cause/person.
People like the person in this thread that folded like a napkin when starting to have a tough conversation are part of the problem - either we fix it together or we lose. If we just bitch about our problem and don’t act, we lose.
Put your energy in getting the right person in power to support, and help them! That’s the only way we’re truthfully going to fix this.
We’re not going to fix it by voting third party, period.
The only way it can be fixed is to do it through changes led by our elected officials. So we need to advocate for and support people that can make it happen. We need to protest for it, push for it, put people in power that support it.
If someone doesn’t support it, we need to exercise our votes together and get someone in there that’s more progressive and will fight to make changes, not preserve the status quo.
But we can’t lose sight of the drawbacks of our voting system while we work to see those changes implemented.
We can’t get there by fracturing our vote into two less powerful groups/parties. They will win every time, because they’re united.
We have to get people ready to exercise their vote for a united cause/person.
People like the person in this thread that folded like a napkin when starting to have a tough conversation are part of the problem - either we fix it together or we lose. If we just bitch about our problem and don’t act, we lose.
Put your energy in getting the right person in power to support, and help them! That’s the only way we’re truthfully going to fix this.