Polls include declared candidates for each party. Polls are open 1 August - 7 August 2023
I’m interested in understanding why so many have picked Joe Biden. According to several top posts, Lemmy is supposedly left wing, yet the vast majority are voting for a conservative democrat over the progressive.
Does anyone here actually care about pushing against dark money, treating climate change like an existential threat, and fighting for universal health care? What’s drawing you to voting for him? Looking forward to respectful debate
It’s not about being correct, it’s about how the mathematics of voting works. American Presidential elections are fundamentally designed to force you into a binary choice. This is fixable ans so of course Congress refuses to fix it, but the problem is real, not a delusion.
Only one candidate has committed to:
- medicare for all
- free college tuition
- legalizing marajuanna
- eliminating the social security cap
It’s all laid out in a policy page that’s more detailed than even Bernie’s ever was.
Meanwhile Biden’s website just says ‘lets finish the job’??
These are all nice ideals to work towards, but any single one of them would take the full 4 year term to flesh out in any capacity. Its nice to have a list of things you want, its an entirely different beast getting enough bipartisan support to make them reality. I do not see most of these things ever having a real chance of happening except maybe the legalize marijuana one.
She’s also is a crazy person who thinks crystals heal you and essential oils are medicine so I think I’ll pass on that type of candidate
I’m going to assume you’re acting in good faith, but I hope you realize how ridiculous that argument is. The only reason this is so is because the DNC is systematically shutting down the primary process and so elected politicians would be harming their negotiations by supporting challengers.
They for sure align more with Marianne WIlliamson whose policy page is the most detailed and progressive I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. Meanwhile, Biden is running on “finishing the job” and saying the economy is fine.
My vote changes daily based on my mood. When the condom meets the road, Biden really is the only choice. I’ll probably go Marianne in the Primary, but Fascism is more important than my misgivings about corporate Dems. Republicans will rally around DeSantis when Trump’s trial tanks him. And you do not want that fucker anyway near military power.
Yeah, if I had it my way, I’d be voting for someone more in line with AOC or Bernie Sanders, but until a candidate like that takes the Primary, I’m left with Biden. Just because Biden isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination, doesn’t mean it’s worth it to take a vote from the Dems and by proxy give one to the Republicunts.
That being said, fuck the DNC is fucking terrible at marketing. I just found out like 3 days ago that rail workers have indeed been getting the sick days that they were asking for due to regular followup from the Biden Administration during negotiations. The strike and him being a Union buster was a huge (rightfully so) story, and a bad look all around, but fucking tell the public about your wins too, jfc. It’s not that hard.
Also, his move to keep the Space Command in CO was pretty meaningful to a portion of the population (women and LGBTQ+ in the USSF), and it actively fucks over Tommy Tuberville in AL (who hates women and LGBTQ+ people).
Should we demand better? Yes. Do we deserve better? Also yes. But let’s not pretend he’s the worst candidate up there. Let’s keep pushing for more actually Progressive politicians, but in the meantime, don’t let perfection be the enemy of progress.
100%, but until I’m in that ballot box I’m gonna move the needle one day at a time ya know? Now’s not the time to settle and too many seem to forget that
The primary is the time to push for candidates that must align with your personal political identity. The general is the time to choose the best out of what’s available. I hope more people get involved in the primary voting.
It’s interesting to see how the Republican poll illustrates how off base this sub is from reality: https://newjerseyglobe.com/presidential-election/sienna-poll-finds-chris-christies-gop-primary-base-joe-biden-supporters/
One thing the Democrats had going for them in the 2020 election was media control. This time around they won’t have that. Republicans are more independent thinkers, unwilling to trust establishment media. They don’t even trust Fox News anymore. Good luck controlling a grassroots social media effort.
Easy Marianne Williamson vote
You will never find more wretched hives of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
What an uninspiring menagerie of cretins and blowhards.
