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   KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 10:51:43 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

   • FreedomPatriot
   @freepatriot I'd love to think this isn't true, but people keep voting for them.
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     Sherri_Ingrey (sherri_ingrey@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:01:48 JST Sherri_Ingrey

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @KeepTakingTheSoma @freepatriot problem is, you don't have a choice. The candidates are selected.
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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:04:47 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @Sherri_Ingrey @freepatriot And herein lies the problem. I know so many people who don't like any candidate on the ballot, but still vote for the lesser of the evils on the paper.
     This is why I want *none of the above* on the paper, so if it gets the most votes then the parties have to field better candidates.
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     Weed B Gone (dc5fan@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:08:19 JST Weed B Gone

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @KeepTakingTheSoma @Sherri_Ingrey @freepatriot I really like that idea. A vote of no confidence. Most of Congress would be tossed out in one election cycle.
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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:10:06 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @DC5FAN @freepatriot @Sherri_Ingrey I doubt we'll get rid of political parties any time soon, but it would force them to up their game.
     I look at some of the idiots who regularly get re-elected to Westminster and wonder if the electorate really think they're good or just vote on party lines.
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     Weed B Gone (dc5fan@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:12:19 JST Weed B Gone

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @KeepTakingTheSoma @freepatriot @Sherri_Ingrey Unfortunately, the kind of people that want to be politicians probably arent well suited to do a good job.
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     kuteboiCoder (kuteboicoder@subs4social.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:13:47 JST kuteboiCoder

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     • FreedomPatriot

     @Sherri_Ingrey@spinster.xyz @KeepTakingTheSoma@spinster.xyz @freepatriot@merovingian.club
     
     they killed him

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 11:14:21 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @DC5FAN @freepatriot @Sherri_Ingrey Douglas Adams said as much.
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     Sherri_Ingrey (sherri_ingrey@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 17:28:51 JST Sherri_Ingrey

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @KeepTakingTheSoma @DC5FAN @freepatriot I think The Peter Principle said so, too.
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     Childfree (childfree@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 17:29:48 JST Childfree

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     • FreedomPatriot
     @KeepTakingTheSoma @Sherri_Ingrey @freepatriot Ranked choice voting does help with that. More candidates, more diversity in candidates (not all wealthy and white), and "lesser of two evils" voting is a lot less likely. Saves money and headache by avoiding a primary also.
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