PHOENIX (AP) – The 2024 presidential election is drawing an unusually robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates hoping to capitalize on Americans’ ambivalence and frustration over a likely rematch between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump.

  • @Potatofish@lemmy.ml
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    137 months ago

    Nah, the number one reason to vote lately is to prevent Trump from pissing all over democracy. Even Republicans are joining in.

    • GodlessCommie
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      77 months ago

      So voting for the uniparty that picked the candidate for you is democracy?

      • @BluJay320
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        47 months ago

        We’re not a democracy, we’re a republic.

        Not that that’s any better, but there is a difference between the two

        • GodlessCommie
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          47 months ago

          That’s the common response from shitlibs, ‘we need Biden to save democracy’

          • @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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            37 months ago

            We need someone to stand up to Trump and protect our nation from a Tyrant. So far Joe Biden is the only individual with the titanium balls to do that. So yes, he is the only person standing between our Republic and a Christian Fascist Theocracy.

            • GodlessCommie
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              37 months ago

              Biden has spent his entire career helping build the systems that enabled someone like Trump. Biden isnt fighting fascism, he’s enabled it to happen

              • @BluJay320
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                27 months ago

                Still better than having Trump in office

                Surely you can at least concede that?

                • GodlessCommie
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                  27 months ago

                  When he kept most of Trumps worst plans in place while expanding the police state and ramped up war, no he isnt. They are both slightly different shades of fascism

            • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
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              47 months ago

              If you don’t want me pointing out that you’re using the same argument here that Republicans use when they’re defending voter suppression, select a different argument than the one Republicans use when they’re defending voter suppression.

              • @BluJay320
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                17 months ago

                It’s not an argument, it’s a factual statement. There is no debate here. I stated the fact that we are a republic, not a democracy. Am I happy with it? No. So I support it? No.

                It’s not an argument. It’s not a debate. It’s not a defense. It’s just a fact.

                You interpreting this as anything else is entirely your fault.

            • @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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              27 months ago

              That’s the point of Political discussion, to grow your arguments and to learn from mistakes. It isn’t to convince someone to chance their position, that is impossible.

              • @BluJay320
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                17 months ago

                Not an argument. It’s just a factual statement.

          • @YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world
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            17 months ago

            That’s not blue, it’s aqua! Both are blue Karen!

            A Republic has a Consitution that separates power away from a single person.

            A true Democracy has no means of protecting against a tyrant.