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The make up of the federal government changes greatly every two years. Our states probably have a similar turnover. This is why it's important to vote, not only
by dfxm12 4y ago
The make up of the federal government changes greatly every two years. Our states probably have a similar turnover. This is why it's important to vote, not only in general elections, but also primary elections. Seats shouldn't be safe for incumbents who let this happen or anyone who takes huge donations from the billionaires or hedge funds you're talking about.
Edit: I mean: the makeup of our government may change greatly every two years - this is why it is important to vote!
- cmmeur01 4y agoThe class of people in the government doesn’t change.
- dfxm12 4y agoMaybe in your district this is true (and some districts are more homogenous than others, for sure), but I'll challenge you to really take a look at the candidates of your next primary election. You'll probably find find meaningful differences between their political philosophies, even if class isn't among them. As an example, though, AOC and Joe Crowley are different in many meaningful ways. As are Connor Lamb and John Fetterman. These are cases where I think people of the political insider class were defeated by challengers that people didn't think fit the proper mold.
- agency 4y agoIf the makeup of the federal government changes every two years, and yet nothing ever meaningfully changes, what does that say about the importance of voting?
- kibwen 4y agoIf oligarchs spend tens of billions of dollars buying media companies in order to influence how people vote, what does that say about the importance of voting?
- kevviiinn 4y agoThese are both the same statement, and I agree Also note the influence of oligarchs on the politicians themselves
- mindslight 4y agoThat the outcome of the voting is very important to those oligarchs. If football teams spend hundreds of millions of dollars on their players, what does that say about the importance of football?
- pessimizer 4y agoThat applying your program after it has been voted against is a lot more expensive than applying your program after it has been voted for?
- kortilla 4y agoIt was legal to have a gay marriage 20 years ago. Is that not a meaningful change?
- usefulcat 4y agoAlso: if you live in a non-swing state, consider voting in the primary of whichever party is most likely to win the election, even if that isn't the party you'll likely vote for. AIUI although you can't vote in more than primary you can still vote for whomever you want in the regular election regardless of which primary you voted in. The idea being that in such states (mostly red or mostly blue), the primary effectively is the election, since the minority party has such little chance of winning the final election.
- colpabar 4y agoI agree. I don't know if this is true in every state, but in some this requires you to update your voter registration.
- dfxm12 4y agoSome states have open primaries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_primaries_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_primaries_in_the_United_S...