• doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
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        9 months ago

        Out of curiosity when was the last time they had the votes? 2021 was only a majority with the help of 2 Independents and a VP tiebreaker, 2007 had 49 + 2 and 1 vacancy, went down to 48.

        Let’s give DNC 60 seats and see what happens.

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            9 months ago

            There are always enough Manchins.

            But dont you know? We “have” to run conservatives in “purple” areas or we wont win?

            /S /S /S /S

            Or alternatively, " We don’t actually give a single fuck about our campaign or your political priorities. We don’t want the policies you do, we just want you to get us into power"

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            9 months ago

            Nah actually they were right, there was a supermajority for over a month in 2010 that I forgot about.

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          9 months ago

          Let’s give DNC 60 seats and see what happens.

          Absolutely not. Any vote for the Democrats is a vote for corruption. Voting for another party is our only choice. I’m voting Green.

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            I welcome you and your option to vote green, I hope that it’s a viable choice in the upcoming election or at least that your representative gets enough votes and signatures to keep the party on the ballot next election cycle. I agree that the DNC is far too moderate as a whole to fully align with my goals. I’m sure my representatives will love caucusing and working alongside them. However, my expectations for a third party before any campaign finance laws or election reforms pass are very low, and if your district is highly contested between DNC and GOP and you decide to piss your vote away on a candidate with 6% chance, then you’re just committing self harm in my eyes.

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              my expectations for a third party before any campaign finance laws or election reforms pass are very low, and if your district is highly contested between DNC and GOP and you decide to piss your vote away on a candidate with 6% chance, then you’re just committing self harm in my eyes.

              Third party voters know that the strategy is to force the duopoly to change in order to gain back our votes to win. That’s always been the strategy, the electoral system is in place to prevent another party from winning.

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          9 months ago

          Yeah, because more Red voters come out. Which is the point of Dems repeating that mantra.

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              Which is why we’re all pissed off.

              We have the option to hold our nose and vote D and watch nothing happen except the rich get richer, we can vote R welcome a “day one dictatorship” and watch the rich get richer, or we can vote G welcome an R “day one dictatorship” and watch the rich get richer.

              … someone seems to always win in those scenarios… My vote is to improve my marketable skills and gtfo of this joke of a country.