Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days ago100 dayslemmy.caimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down14
arrow-up1571arrow-down1image100 dayslemmy.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareWhatSay@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt would be a good time for independent candidates to rise up to give people a better option than the two parties that have held power for too long.
minus-squareSterile_Technique@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI doubt we’ll ever see better conditions for a 3rd party victory than the 2016 election, and even then they did terribly. I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing the groundwork laid for it, mostly in the form of ranked choice voting becoming more popular.
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIreland is a great place to model after as they have plenty of successful independents.
It would be a good time for independent candidates to rise up to give people a better option than the two parties that have held power for too long.
I doubt we’ll ever see better conditions for a 3rd party victory than the 2016 election, and even then they did terribly.
I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing the groundwork laid for it, mostly in the form of ranked choice voting becoming more popular.
Ireland is a great place to model after as they have plenty of successful independents.