Dateline: Washington, D.C. Monday, January 20, 2025. Today, the president-elect of the United States of America steps to the podium and declares, “My fellow Americans, I am proud to be selected as the lesser of two evils. I am taking this oath of office not because of your confidence in my policies or the strength of my character, but because we were able to convince enough of you that the policies of and the weakness of my major-party opponent’s character were so much worse. We will now proceed to exercise the powers of government as if we enjoyed a popular mandate, and we will distract you from our manner of exercising that power by vilifying the supporters of our major-party opponent.”
Dec 20, 2023Liked by Rich Helppie The Common Bridge
The primary system guarantees candidates that are on the more extreme end of each party.
The candidate then has to pivot back towards the middle in the general election to get just enough voters to win the electoral votes.
The real problem is backing by the corrupt influences behind the scenes and then the payback after the elections.
Most of the European democracies are done by coalition governments where the winner is lucky to get 30% of the votes and then negotiates with enough of the losers to get a majority.
The end result is that in most elections , we are voting for someone that is the lesser of the evils, not someone that we can enthusiastically support.
Dec 21, 2023Liked by Rich Helppie The Common Bridge
This is why I'm going to be circulating a petition to get RFK Junior on the ballot in my state, as well as anyone else who mounts a similar campaign. This doesn't necessarily mean I plan to vote for him or them. I'm just all for additional choices on the ballot.
The primary system guarantees candidates that are on the more extreme end of each party.
The candidate then has to pivot back towards the middle in the general election to get just enough voters to win the electoral votes.
The real problem is backing by the corrupt influences behind the scenes and then the payback after the elections.
Most of the European democracies are done by coalition governments where the winner is lucky to get 30% of the votes and then negotiates with enough of the losers to get a majority.
The end result is that in most elections , we are voting for someone that is the lesser of the evils, not someone that we can enthusiastically support.
We need ranked choice voting! It works well in places like Ann Arbor, Michigan where it is already being used!
I'm still bitter about 2016 when the Democratic Party put their thumb on the scale for Hillary while hip-bumping Bernie out the back door.
This is why I'm going to be circulating a petition to get RFK Junior on the ballot in my state, as well as anyone else who mounts a similar campaign. This doesn't necessarily mean I plan to vote for him or them. I'm just all for additional choices on the ballot.
Nicely done, your writing is definitely on the upswing. You may be on to something, more people are looking at 3rd party candidates.