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Anyone living in a swing state just needs to go and vote for Biden. I know a lot of people don't want to, and, believe me, I get it, but you gotta just do it. It's like a chore you need to do that you really don't want to do, that you resent having to do, even, but that nonetheless has to be done. Just do it then take a nice, long hot shower after.
That being said, holy shit something has to be done. Clearly, just focusing on the presidential election every four years ain't gonna cut it. We have got to get more involved in the political process. We have got to vote in every local, state, and congressional election. We have to encourage better people to run for office. We have to do something. I don't know exactly what needs to be done to improve our democracy, but we gotta figure it out. We can't have another election cycle like the last several.
Indeed, folks need to get involved at the local level and primaries.
For those that complain about the first past the post voting, Alaska managed to pass ranked choice voting:
https://apnews.com/article/alaska-ranked-choice-voting-5ae6c163af2f8a70a8f90928267c4086
If you hate FPTP and the choices it gives you, don't just sit out the election, that's an inherent vote for the person you like the least. You can try to back a similar ranked choice measure in your state:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Alaska_Measure_2
Yuuuup. If you have never called your senator or met with your representative, if you've never been to a city council meeting, then you are a part of the problem. This site is full of smart, hardworking, passionate people. We should be the ones in local offices.