PSA: Democracy is about electing the best person, not in absolute terms as in "best person ever", but from _the available pool of candidates_.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 22:25:53 JST Thomas 🔭✨ -
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🇵🇸 Álvaro González (kalvaro@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 22:39:23 JST 🇵🇸 Álvaro González @thomasfuchs Yet nobody's going to vote to any candidate but the top two.
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Thomas 🔭✨ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 28-Jun-2024 22:39:23 JST Thomas 🔭✨ @kAlvaro Ross Perot got 19% of the vote in 1992 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Robbie Coleman :verified: (erraggy@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 01:33:39 JST Robbie Coleman :verified: @thomasfuchs
Or puddle -
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Dan Hulton (danhulton@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 29-Jun-2024 02:07:57 JST Dan Hulton @thomasfuchs I'd go further and say THE START of Democracy is about electing the best person. You have to keep engaged after that and be aware of issues, contact your representatives, protest and otherwise bring pressure to bear, etc.
And THAT should inform who you vote for. Like you say, there's no perfect candidate, so ultimately you're trying to select the best OPPONENT to have for the next four years. Who do you have the best chance of winning the important fights against?
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