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I need y'all to understand: Biden isnt losing votes from the far left. He never had those votes, and could never get them.

He's losing the votes of Muslims and Arabs in Michigan and Philly. He's losing the votes of moderates who are watching Israel's final solution in horror. He's losing the votes of Latinos and Haitians who see the southern border is getting more militarized and more violent every year

[Edit] to be 100% clear: If you oppose Israel's war on Palestine, but plan on voting for Biden this November,this post isn't about you.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I am from Alaska and I love that we have FPTP/Ranked Choice. A lot of my coworkers are super right leaning, and have been crying that ranked choice is the only reason any left leaning candidates have won. They want to ditch it and return to the old archaic system.

I've tried and tried to explain how it's such a better system, and that it means that you can vote for the person you actually want, instead of the 'if I don't vote for this guy, the other guy who I definitely don't like will win'. They just didn't get it; they kept going on and on about how 'Oh you just want people to be able to vote twice. people should only get to vote once' 🤦