I will never not be angry about the whole super Tuesday bullshit. It made me depressed enough to consider not voting for the first time. Just utterly fuck everything about this election cycle. I think the bigger "fuck you," to me, was the platform NOT supporting Medicare 4 All, in a the middle of a pandemic and pretty overwhelming support for the policy among voters.
I know the Dems have always been "compromised" by corporate interests, but that was the real mask-off moment of me going "Yeah, I can't even vote down-ballot for these assholes" for me.
Really, the one time the Dems demonstrated ruthless competence being against Sanders was a shocking moment. Who knew they had it in them? Their fecklessness against Republicans turns out to just be an act. I'd been assuming they were just totally incompetent this whole time, when instead they were pulling the ol' Reagan act.
As much as I want Ranked Choice: I doubt it's ever gonna happen in the US.
If I vote, I'm doing write-in for the presidential (Bernie/Matt, for the record). Down-ballot, I'll probably vote third party if any are on the ballot otherwise I'll leave those blank. I can not in good faith vote for an R or D this election cycle (or probably ever again) given how often they want to screw me, someone that needs insurance to cover a lot of costs but won't because it's not "medically necessary" for a disability, repeatedly.
But I'm leaning hard into "don't even bother, it's pointless" doomerism because... it kind of is... after so long of seeing shit not change for the hard-up/poorer working class.
I will never not be angry about the whole super Tuesday bullshit. It made me depressed enough to consider not voting for the first time. Just utterly fuck everything about this election cycle. I think the bigger "fuck you," to me, was the platform NOT supporting Medicare 4 All, in a the middle of a pandemic and pretty overwhelming support for the policy among voters.
I know the Dems have always been "compromised" by corporate interests, but that was the real mask-off moment of me going "Yeah, I can't even vote down-ballot for these assholes" for me.
Really, the one time the Dems demonstrated ruthless competence being against Sanders was a shocking moment. Who knew they had it in them? Their fecklessness against Republicans turns out to just be an act. I'd been assuming they were just totally incompetent this whole time, when instead they were pulling the ol' Reagan act.
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As much as I want Ranked Choice: I doubt it's ever gonna happen in the US.
If I vote, I'm doing write-in for the presidential (Bernie/Matt, for the record). Down-ballot, I'll probably vote third party if any are on the ballot otherwise I'll leave those blank. I can not in good faith vote for an R or D this election cycle (or probably ever again) given how often they want to screw me, someone that needs insurance to cover a lot of costs but won't because it's not "medically necessary" for a disability, repeatedly.
But I'm leaning hard into "don't even bother, it's pointless" doomerism because... it kind of is... after so long of seeing shit not change for the hard-up/poorer working class.
Never ever say never ever
https://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/ranked-choice-voting-in-maine/9509