Biden closes gap on Trump but third-party candidates pose danger, polls show

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Biden closes gap on Trump but third-party candidates pose danger, polls show - Lemmy.World

The first Trump criminal trial starts tomorrow. Trump’s fundraising is being crushed by Biden. RNC is hurting for cash and what is there is being gobbled up by Trump’s lawyers. Down ballot candidates will have zero assistance.

Republicans are facing the most devastating defeat in their history. Polling has been garbage for two election cycles. Just look at the writing on the wall. Trump is running on fumes and it’s only going to get worse.

Vote anyway.
Absolutely. Not voting is a vote for the candidate you don’t like.
No. Voting for the candidate you don’t like is voting for the candidate you don’t like.
Enjoy having your bodily autonomy stripped away and turned into a baby making factory because you don’t understand the concept of harm reduction.
The fact that this is even on the table is why I’m upset. A sane government would not let that sort of thing happen. But we have a majority of the Supreme Court nominated by two presidents who lost the popular vote because a bunch of slave owners over 200 years ago were butthurt at the idea that the popular vote for president wouldn’t go their way.

The Electoral College was also established to aid in guiding in informed voters. It was logical to implement it for presidential elections, since most people wouldn’t have heard about the policy or platform of either candidate.

We have the Internet now, so that point is moot.

Exactly. Our government is like we took an 18th century sailing ship, bolted on a steam engine, piled it full of people, and then strapped on some wings so it could fly to the moon.

The structure of our government is so anachronistic I don’t know why people are upset it’s working so horribly.

The most important thing left out of the Constitution were the instructions on how to update it.

There are instructions, but those instructions were also modified at the behest of slave owners who wanted an outsized influence. So we can’t update it without risking something even worse.

What should have been added was the requirement that it be updated every 20 years.

Do you have a source? You’ve piqued my interest.
The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription

Note: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution as it was inscribed by Jacob Shallus on parchment (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum). The spelling and punctuation reflect the original.

National Archives