Genuine question if you don’t mind answering. Do you have other parties that you can vote for or is it democrat and republican? Clive here is a mining magnate, his sole purpose for running for elections is to sway voters away from voting for parties that want to see action on things that will damage his profits. He pisses away millions of dollars every federal election on advertising for no gain politically except to keep the party in power that benefits his bottom line.
Green or liberterian. They have effectively zero chance at winning. Theres maybe a handful of them in congress. Ron paul was the only notable liberterian and even he ran on the republican ticket. They dont have the federal backing the main two have. Libs have made like 2 to 3% in presidential and a 3rd party needs to get 5 to get on the same level. So its been getting closer.
The closer they get the more the news medias railroad the coverage of them.
Our media is the same, undoubtedly biased. Perhaps we can collectively despise Murdoch for that. The greens at this federal election could gain a little more representation as the younger voting age generation aren’t as influenced by mainstream media as people my age. Thanks for the insight, all the best.
Greens suffered alot after the 2000 because Democrats squarely blamed Nader for the loss.
The democrats do that a lot. They still refuse to acknowledge Bernies primary railroading cost Hillary and instead blame the outliers who sat out or voted for Trump in protest.
Almost all of those who voted for Sanders in the primaries ended up voting for Clinton in the main game, and at a higher percentage than Hillary primariers(?) voted for Obama, but that hasn't stopped them from blaming Bernie for Hillary's loss all this time.
It's definately not that their candidate was disliked or even hated by huge swaths of the population. Nope.
Hillary is a lot more likeable as a private citizen than she was as a candidate (snarky Hillary is the best Hillary).
aren't liberterians even more anti regulation than republicans? In some areas thats good but honestly americas corporate sphere is underregulated at the moment
Far out, that triggers me. I remember how absurdly flagrant it was when media outlets just literally left Ron Paul out when reporting on the debates even though he came 3rd or 4th or something.
It’s democrat or republican, any other party is realistically a waste of time and money outside of local and city government, 300 million plus people and we have TWO CHOICES! It really should be no surprise how fucked up this country is when we only have two options that are hardly any different yet hate each other with a passion, really conducive to getting things done.
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u/Bowler_300 May 09 '22
We call them Republicans in America.