Posted on Jul 3, 2015
Why do we elect the lesser of two evils, rather than seeking the best?
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Is it not our responsibility as a people to stand up and send bad candidates back and demand better ones? Just because the two major parties serve us crap, doesn't mean we have to eat it. The government works for us, not the other way around (save the guys still in to an extent). Would you hire someone you know is bad for your company as an employer? I wouldn't.
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We fight wars with the military we have, not the military we want.
We elect our leadership in the same way.
We elect our leadership in the same way.
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SGT Matthew Ellis
To be fair, though, just because we can't have what we want, doesn't mean we have to accept the worst.
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Capt Seid Waddell
SGT Matthew Ellis, to be realistic, we only have the candidates on the ballot to select from. Unless we get involved in the primary elections or run for office ourselves we must select from one of those listed.
Those that vote for personal benefits rather than for the good of the country are a large part of the country, and this is getting more common today.
Those that vote for personal benefits rather than for the good of the country are a large part of the country, and this is getting more common today.
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SGT Matthew Ellis
I'm inclined to agree with you. The best leaders are often those who don't want to be leaders at all. More interested to see what people think of our system as it is. Most people I've discussed this with simply operated under the assumption that they didn't have a choice.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
I would agree with you.
When it takes this kind of $$ to get it done, the individual is very, very small ...
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
When it takes this kind of $$ to get it done, the individual is very, very small ...
https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/
2012 Presidential Race | OpenSecrets
OpenSecrets.org has fundraising profiles for all 535 members of Congress (and more).
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The best don't get the money or the recognition to have a fighting chance in the country (usually). Right now, I like that Bernie Sanders DOES have a fighting chance, because he seems the least "bought" by the corporations. The other problem with the system we have is that people only know what they are told (for the most part). Fox news tells them to vote for Person A because Person B is this that and the other thing. CNN tells them to vote for Person B because Person A is this that and the other thing. In reality, they are BOTH this that and the other thing, but the media manages to make them seem different and to divide the majority of the population into Camp A and Camp B. Once you have that majority, the small fry activists and people outside the ring have no chance at any real campaign $ and therefore, no chance at election. And at the end of the day, Person A and Person B are more like-minded then you'd want to believe.
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SGT Matthew Ellis
Makes you miss the days when the news was a public service, using publicly owned air time, almost forcing them to just report the facts. *sarcastic* --> yay for corporate owned news!
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We can demand better candidates, and we get what we get from the electoral system. All these jokers have won a the primaries, thus are selected by voters< before the run for the seat in the general election/
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America needs to shed the "lesser of two evils" mantra and realize there are viable third party platforms. Unfortunately, to many are ingrained to think a vote for a third party is a wasted vote - imo, a vote not cast or a vote for the "lesser of two evils" is a wasted vote. The current two party system (which is broke imo) will never change until third parties get more support and become political competitors at the national level.
At the end of the day - voting for the lesser of two evils...is still evil.
At the end of the day - voting for the lesser of two evils...is still evil.
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To compare it to the hiring of an employee for your company is not to accurate. They are completely different circumstances. And I don't believe everyone chooses the lesser of two evils. There are some democrats that will only vote for democrats and republicans who vote republican no matter the qualifications of the individuals. There are others who have certain ideas, values, principles and philosophies and one party fits that bill more then the other. And it also depends on who can buffalo more of the uninformed voters who in their mind is the lesser of two evils. And many also really do believe they are voting the lesser of two evils for the better of the country.
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Because the best either 1)dont run or 2) tell the truth and what needs to be done and people dont want to hear it. People like to be lied to, thats why Obama is so popular. He never did buy that woman a new kitchen he promised during his first run. Or the car.
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Because unfortunately no matter how you try to slice it, we have a two party system further complicated by the Electoral College. Voting for the lessor of two evils is necessary (again unfortunately) if you want your vote to count.
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LTC (Join to see)
That's exactly why DC won't change - people continue to vote for the same two parties over and over, even if they don't agree with their policies or like the candidate. At what point do you stop supporting the same two parties who continue to fail to meet their political base expectations?
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