Johnson was well-respected when he was Governor, and though I wouldn't vote for him, and I think Libertarians have better candidates, he could still draw voters in. Same with Jill Stein, who had a strong, progressive platform (though not as strong as Monica Moorehead, Alyson Kennedy, and various others).Jason wrote:Would love to see them in more debates.Jigsaw wrote:I don't see how you can determine that. If these candidates were actually allowed in the debates, then it's fair to say that more people would vote for them. However, neither the Republicans nor Democrats would benefit from that, so they have no interest in doing so.Jason wrote:Clearly nobody wants to be anywhere near as far left as you except those other 42 weirdos. And 38 of them are voting just to be rebellious.Jigsaw wrote:Which is why we need to work harder to fix the broken ballot access laws that both Republicans and Democrats support. Voting Democratic, in most cases, is not an option if you want to move to a leftist society, as far as I can tell.Headhunter wrote:That's not an alternative if 42 people are voting for them.Jigsaw wrote:Actual strong leftist candidates, not beholden to corporate interests or a corrupt political party.Headhunter wrote:The alternative being . . .Jigsaw wrote:It's a shame that so many atrocious Democrats are winning, and so many "leftists" are happy about it.
Happy that Gretchen Whitmer is Michigan's governor? Tim Kaine? Sherrod Brown? Bob fucking Casey? Every single one of these individuals is no ally of the left. And yet, "OMG THE REPUBLICNAS ARE WORSE VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO". God, Democrats are pathetic.
Gary Johnson: "What is Syria?"
Jill Stein: "Who cares? We need to graffiti shit."
Perpetuating the two-party system just because you think single individuals from two different parties made mistakes seems rather foolish to me.