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"Why does nearly every political race for office in the United States come down to only two choices: turd sandwich or giant douche?"
by craftyguy 8y ago
"Why does nearly every political race for office in the United States come down to only two choices: turd sandwich or giant douche?"
- vidanay 8y agoAlso a good question, but not exclusive of the other one.
- craftyguy 8y agoTrue, but it may help explain some of the motivation behind the other one (e.g. if folks feel like the two options are terrible, they may be apathetic towards participating). For example, in this round I did not cast a vote for governor in my state because I felt the two candidates with any chance of winning were terrrible (though I did vote on ballot measures, and other local offices).
- ninkendo 8y agoBecause not enough people vote in the primaries? I get that you only really have a choice between two parties come the general election, but you get lots and lots of choices in the primary.
- dahart 8y agoVoting in the primaries would help. IMO, a ranked choice ballot would help even more. I don’t need to choose between people who will make essentially the same policy decisions as much as I want to be able to vote for a third party without throwing away my vote.
- mmirate 8y agoThat's easy, and the answer even has a googleable name: "first past the post".
- sverige 8y agoThis one is actually easy: Those are the personality types who are drawn to running for office.