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OAITW r.2.0

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20. I don't see that happening at all.

Reply to GPV (Reply #17)

Sun Dec 29, 2024, 04:15 PM

Dec 29

RCV ensures that RW nutbags - like Paul LePage - don't sneak into office because the voters got fractured by splitting the vote between 2 far better options..

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In 2016, I left the Greens to become a Dem so that I could caucus for Bernie. By that point, I'd been a Green for more [View all] GPV Dec 29 OP

i have been a green, and a libertarian rampartd Dec 29 #1

I'm less convinced that change is coming anymore. GPV Dec 29 #6

i/m out of hope that we can hold the little we've made rampartd Dec 29 #12

Same. Trump 2.0 is gonna be disastrous GPV Dec 29 #23

i think it's a huge mistake to just accept the results of this election. mopinko Dec 29 #2

👍🏼 Clouds Passing Dec 29 #4

I hear ya. GPV Dec 29 #7

I've been singing this same tune. yellow dahlia Dec 29 #11

We need a workers revolution. Full stop. Now. ColinC Dec 29 #3

Unions are dying. I'm president of my local and I had to fight hard to grow from GPV Dec 29 #5

I'm discouraged at the vitriol aimed at progressives like AOC Arazi Dec 29 #8

"Maybe a system can only drift so far off center before it collapses." stopdiggin Dec 29 #9

No, I meant the US political system. Gop went so far right, we toppled over. GPV Dec 29 #14

I too am looking for reassurances that "they've got this". yellow dahlia Dec 29 #10

RCV ought to be a welcome change for you. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 29 #13

Actually, I don't. Still feels too risky, vote-splitting wise. :( GPV Dec 29 #15

Why? OAITW r.2.0 Dec 29 #16

If too many center left voters split in the first round, but majority center right GPV Dec 29 #17

I don't see that happening at all. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 29 #20

Maybe, but it still worries me. :( GPV Dec 30 #24

I always appreciated your posts. Even when you were using your old name. Crunchy Frog Dec 29 #18

Your experience with the younger generation is opposite of mine. Elessar Zappa Dec 29 #19

The same issues propel us forward, generation after generation. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 29 #21

I don't think the kids today are terrible. I just think too much screen time and GPV Dec 29 #22

To Assuage Your Concerns, Slightly... ProfessorGAC Dec 30 #25