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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by Macha on Sunday July 21, 2024 @07:43PM (#41029454)
> I wholeheartedly disagree with this take. I owe nothing to the two parties and I don't agree that they get to control everything to the point that I can only pick between two bad options they offer me.

I don't think he's saying it's desirable, but is an outcome of the FPTP system. If you don't want to pick between only two bad options, then you'll need to eliminate the spoiler effect by switching to something like STV.

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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by _heimdall on Sunday July 21, 2024 @08:37PM (#41029794)
I'd be happy for us to switch to an STV model, I'd also be happy with a majority rules vote without the electoral college.

Neither option is helpful this time around though. That said, I'd vote for congressional representatives that I believe actually will push for such a change if that option was available to me.

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