.sure they did---agree, but they likely did little else but vote. How much do they work for & help the candidate they like???? Do they ever run for office themselves??
That's a mighty big assumption. And moving the goalposts. First blame the people that don't vote out of indecision, rebellion or principle. When that doesn't work blame the people that did vote the right way because they just didn't do enough. Pft.
Misery loves company. I love company not misery.
it comes down to taking the time and doing homework...........there is ALWAYS a better candidate. And we have the power, if we use it, to put better people on the ballot......no "assumption" at all......................I work my butt off in elections, and as you likely know, 99% of the people can't be bothered, or have a poor/misinformed attitude...... In a democracy it is the PEOPLE who are responsible for their government
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I'll say "living document", just as the framers intended, because most people who use that term simply have no idea what that means. Amendment is definitely part of that, but, as with most of my discussion earlier, the principles are the point, not the precise words - thus, for example, telephone conversations, electronic communications and computer records fall under the ambit of the Fourth Amendment's protection, even though the Constitution was not amended to include them. I don't want to derail this fine thread, so I'll leave it at that. There are a number of other threads discussing these topics.
When you figure that out, maybe you'll figure out the rest. I can't give you the answers, you have to find them as we all do.
No, the candidates do.
I'll leave this discussion, which we vigorously disagree on, with only this specific comment: it is not rare at all, but more common than majority rule. In most local elections a plurality candidate wins. That is particularly true in non-partisan and elections with third party candidates. It's a matter of math. Donald Trump didn't get the majority of votes in either victory.
We gain unity across otherwise disparate groups based on race, religion, ethnicity, income, etc.
They do that, but they create hegemony of principles, where people with similar guiding ideals can come together to enact greater change despite differences that might otherwise put them as adversarial.
It has to be mushy like that to "widen the tent" as it were, and bring in more people.
It has become ludicrous to the extreme. Now instead of seeing the other party of coming together minds as equals with some disagreements but both with the well being of all and the country at the top of the list, we see them now as an enemy, who must be destroyed lest they destroy us first, the country attacking the country instead of extolling it's virtues.
It sure is. I don't stop trying. People just need to take a step back, remind themselves of the above and we are all Americans, tone down the rhetoric/pump the brakes/pull the pendulum instead of pushing. That is America First, not where we manufacture doodads or pointing at our neighbor as our enemy or the enemy of our country.
Why limit not knowing the candidates to most state and local elections? For instance, do you know the names and qualifications for all 24 official candidates running for President in the 2024 election? Excluding write in votes. Until very recently I certainly did not.
Only one of the two major candidates has a chance of winning------------vote for the most qualified....
That's the idea. Use kindness, compassion, curiosity, and communication to shake people out of the binary cycle stupor. Enough overgeneralizations. We are all way more interesting than we give each other credit for and are more than magas and libtards. Mostly.
Hard to look at the whole and not feel that way. That's why I'm trying one at a time.
Anyone associating with the current party is too dangerous to vote for.
That's possible. Not the kind of shade I want to throw in this thread though. I understand the vehemence behind the sentiment. I have made my thoughts clear I think on what I think is best for the country, and that can be boiled down simply to how the Administration treats the constitution and the branches of government. The short answer is, not respectfully. So they need to go. And anyone from any party that follows with the same mind. Repair not pillage.
At any contest level what makes a major candidate?
My younger son and I love playing Magic together, but he's far more intelligent and engaged about it that I am, so he plays a lot online. He gets so frustrated, though, because the format and interactions become so toxic.