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Biden's popularity is at a historic low with 65% disapproval. (www.pewresearch.org)
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[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Still, that doesn’t mean a potential coalition member gets to dictate coalition policy

Tell that to the 'centrist' democrats who are currently doing exactly that.

politicians just learn you will never vote for them and they should look to more conservative constituencies

I have always voted for them in the past; they looked to more conservative constituencies anyway. Seems like always voting for them just means they take my vote for granted.

It’s called compromise

Compromise requires both sides to give ground. What you're describing is capitulation.

and yes it is how a functioning democracy works.

If this is your idea of a functioning democracy, I question why you even believe in democracy in the first place.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have always voted for them in the past; they looked to more conservative constituencies anyway. Seems like always voting for them just means they take my vote for granted.

Huh. That's odd. Democrats have been trending to the left.

If this is your idea of a functioning democracy, I question why you even believe in democracy in the first place.

As it stands, I think US government badly needs some changes. FPTP is terrible, too many officials (SCOTUS, Congress, president) serve until they're at death's door, the electoral college never worked as intended, and money has too much influence. But this is all fixable, even if it's hard. Those will change things, not staying home and pretending that a politician gives a rat's ass about you if you refuse to turn out every time you don't get your way.

[–] brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I wrote up a long response, but then I saw that you'd said this:

if you refuse to turn out every time you don’t get your way.

And realised you're not even bothering to read my posts, you're just reading out a script. Fuck off.