that’s because there’s no true democracy. if we had a system in the US like RCV for presidential elections we could vote for whomever we wanted. i’ll vote for whomever I want to lead the country. at this time, it’s nobody. i urge you to do the same in your country. it’s perfectly acceptable to opt out of the system if the system does not work for the people.
the reason it didn’t work in your country is because people were still voting for people they didn’t want to win. if the left got no votes instead of getting votes because they started swinging right, they’d have to do what the people wanted, unless of course that’s what the people want.
but that should pave the way for a candidate on the left that people actually want
Candidates don’t emerge for voters that don’t vote. Because in the analysis they don’t even exist, because they don’t vote. It’s a null data set. No politician is going to gamble on it possibly maybe existing but don’t vote. No donors are going to donate to causes which the voters maybe possibly exist but don’t vote. It simply doesn’t happen.
that’s because there’s no true democracy. if we had a system in the US like RCV for presidential elections we could vote for whomever we wanted. i’ll vote for whomever I want to lead the country. at this time, it’s nobody. i urge you to do the same in your country. it’s perfectly acceptable to opt out of the system if the system does not work for the people.
the reason it didn’t work in your country is because people were still voting for people they didn’t want to win. if the left got no votes instead of getting votes because they started swinging right, they’d have to do what the people wanted, unless of course that’s what the people want.
I can understand and respect your stance. Personally, I wouldn’t take the chance of having to live under a Trump presidency though.
Candidates don’t emerge for voters that don’t vote. Because in the analysis they don’t even exist, because they don’t vote. It’s a null data set. No politician is going to gamble on it possibly maybe existing but don’t vote. No donors are going to donate to causes which the voters maybe possibly exist but don’t vote. It simply doesn’t happen.
Nobody here is talking about people that never vote.
New to Lemmy? There are hordes of users (no exaggeration) that say they won’t vote because the Dems aren’t left enough.