@bumi @User47
The presidential campaign in the United States lasts basically years

If anyone here doesn’t know what the two parties stand for they haven’t been paying attention

Our political system is totally broken

Gerrymandering and voter suppression mean only a very few votes are really in doubt

Both parties are beholden to corporate money, but the Republicans have given themselves over to overt fascism because they demographically can’t win elections fairly

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@bumi @User47
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But Democrats win elections here by getting out the vote

Because they outnumber Republicans

So it’s really important for Democrats to energize their people, who already know what the party stands for

So an emotional video that inspires people makes sense

A boring video of bullet points would not encourage young people to stand in line for six hours, or carpool elders because the Republicans have removed all of the voting places in their district

#uspoli

@bumi @User47
I would dearly love to have proportional representation and other changes to the US Constitution and other institutions to encourage boring politics

I think that would have to go along with changes in income, racial, and sexual inequality in the United States

Which won’t come easy

#uspoli

@bumi @AccordionBruce Well, we have one party that believes in infrastructure, and domestic manufacturing, and healthcare. And we have another party that gets boners for military guns in the hands of untrained pros, tax cuts for the ultra rich and corporations, and using sharpie to redefine hurricane tracks. Seems pretty clean cut to me.