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First Past The Post voting artificially limits the options for these people.

With STAR or Ranked Choice voting, voters would be free to vote how they want, secure in the knowledge that their vote will still be counted if their preference didnt win. We could give conservative voters a chance to elect better conservative parties then the republicans or democrats parties.

Sure republicans are anti democracy, but how about the democrats? Are they pro democracy? If so, why do they continue to use FPTP voting in states they control?

Why would they? It's proven they can shit all over their voters and they'll sit there and guzzle it down with their mouths agape in awe at their divine leaders.

And the first thing they always seem to try is cheating.

As it has been prophesized for decades. Once the Republicans can no longer legally win they will cheat and steal to keep power. The constitution is only something to cudgel Democrats with, not something to honour.

And both parties are scared. That is even more revealing.

That is the actual goal.

You're pretending anyone would hold them accountable....

Cuomo is working with trump, like literally, trump and other Republicans are advising Cuomo, that's why he keeps running all their racist ads.

The NY Gov is still his old Lt Governor who took his post when he stepped down.

There's a non-zero chance republicans and neoliberal unite to steal an election Mamdani wins.

We've got a good DNC, but some of the state parties still suck. nY is one of the worst, because all the money from Wall Street.

Don't forget trump was a NYC neoliberal for decades, even had the Clintons at his wedding. We can't count on them even to stay out of it.

Always have been.

We have a tyrannical minority that is actively changing laws so they can remain in power indefinitely. We have a packed Supreme Court that is literally ignoring the Constitution when the reason they exist is to protect it. If they hadn't made Trump king he would not be in office, he'd be in criminal court.

Republicans have been virulently anti-democracy for decades. As far as the GQP is concerned the majority can go fuck themselves.

"If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.” - David Frum

On the other side of the ocean, plenty of people not even living on the same continent are cheering for Mamdani. Not because the mayor of NYC affects us directly, but because 1) he's awesome and 2) if change starts with this mayoral election, tide may yet turn for the US as a whole. And of course 3) NYC is overly romanticized thanks to the American media my generation grew up on here in post-soviet Eastern Europe, plus it is awesome to visit. Maybe with Mamdani it can be awesome to live in again as well.

With this administration you need to move that red line up a couple of shades.

They see it, but don't care. They're in control, and are going to do every fucking absurd thing they can do to keep it since they have the Supreme Court rubber-stamping everything for them. It's an all or nothing bet on maintaining power. They're not that stupid, they're just cravenly doing everything they can while they can to solidify their power.

To be clear, this is what I assume you're referring to:

It cites language in the post-Civil War 14th Amendment to the Constitution barring from office anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or who has “given aid or comfort to the enemies.” The group argues that Mamdani’s own statements calling to resist ICE could violate the prohibition.

To them, there is no irony because they think anyone challenging their power or ideologically inconsistent with them is an insurrection or rebellion.

All I want from a new administration is to prosecute the criminals from this one.