• Quimby [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    Guaido is specifically notable for being electable even if you don't vote for him

  • Rojo27 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    They're libs for the most part, but what happened to the Green Party? No candidates in any of the major races.

    And the fucking Larouch Party made it on the ballot?:kombucha-disgust:

    • Posadas [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      NY removed any party that didn't 130,000 votes. Also NY is way more conservative and reactionary than people think.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        I've got family in NY and can confirm my "straight ticket Dem" aunt is a hair's breath off open fascism when she's voting in the primary.

      • Rojo27 [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Didn't realize their numbers had gone down that much. Whenever I did vote I'd usually go with them.

        Also, yeah, it definitely is lol. Met so many unhinged rightoids when I used to work in retail.

        • SaniFlush [any, any]
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          2 years ago

          Because most of the retail positions are being taken by boomers forced to work through “retirement”, right?

          • Rojo27 [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Nah, I meant more in reference to the customers I dealt with. Although there were a few boomers who ended up working there for that very reason. They weren't too bad though.

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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      2 years ago

      Didn’t see them on my FL ballot either, and usually they’ve got a few. No PSL candidates either. Only third party was the fucking libertarians.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The Dems have been suing the Greens off ballots all over the country. Can't have democracy getting in the way of democracy. It's objectively the right move for the dems if they want to win. Shame they never play hardball with anyone to their right tho.

    • Changeling [it/its]
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      2 years ago

      Oh please how many Howie Hawkins Nicolás Maduro Pham Minh Chinh Xi Jinping Juan Guadó ballots could there possibly be?

  • fishnwhistle420 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    What’s the reasoning for having a republican and conservative ticket with all the same candidates?

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      2 years ago

      Mechanically? You can have multiple parties without splitting the ticket upballot. Two aligned parties can both nominate Ghoul Braineaterson to Governor and argue over Leech Bloodsuckmeoff or Stab Killington for State Senate.

      Practically speaking? Its so NY can cosplay as a multi-party governing system without giving any lay voter a chance to pick their representatives.

      • Posadas [he/him, they/them]
        hexagon
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        2 years ago

        Practically speaking? Its so NY can cosplay as a multi-party governing system without giving any lay voter a chance to pick their representatives.

        Just what ever you do, DO NOT LOOK AT THE JUDGES. (out of frame their are six people running for six seats, all endorsed by the three major parties)

        • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, that shit is insane. I'm not sure if these judges are just running uncontested or if you actually have Republican party members voting to entrench incumbents. Either way, I can't help but suspect NY's status as having some of the most cloistered primaries in the nation has something to do with it.

    • viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      2 years ago

      Lol idk….. maybe to catch the libertarian types that say “I’m not a republican” but vote for all their policies anyway? It’s weird for sure lol

    • Posadas [he/him, they/them]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      So you can have the same name multiple times. Also of you think that's bad look at the judges.

      While I didn't get all six in the picture l, they're running unopposed and are all sponsored by the same parties. But remember, it's China that doesn't have a democracy.

  • sgtlion [any]
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    2 years ago

    Nice democracy y'got there. I like how most of the competing candidates are the same person.

  • Grownbravy [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Lee Zeldin hasnt done enough to secure the boomer vote by making his name closer to Led Zeppelin

  • solaranus
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    1 year ago

    deleted by creator

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      2 years ago

      I wrote him in last year and have lived to tell the tale. Haven't decided how many offices I'll select for him today.

      • MC_Kublai [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        Can't wait for MSM to start talking about Chinese election tampering in the form of Xi write ins

        Would be a truly historic moment for this site

  • Torenico [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Wait there is a Republican Party and a CONSERVATIVE PARTY? Holy shit.

    • zan [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Working Families is also "moderate". Liberalism is as left as you get on this ballot lol.

      • PorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]
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        2 years ago

        WFP are the ones who endorsed Warren over Sanders in 2020, after some apparent internal chicanery which I don't care enough to remember the details of.

        • spectre [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          iirc their leadership did their own thing after the membership voted Sanders

    • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      The Conservative New York Party was founded in the 60's by people that thought the Republicans weren't sufficiently conservative.

  • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Imagine how Western media would frame it if you had a Chinese ballot with Xi Jinping on it more than once

  • Quimby [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    "See, it's not a two-party system! There are 4 parties right there!"