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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An anachronistic old white dude vs a corrupt old orange dude. Why is this the best we as a country can do?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's because the election system is First Past the Post. If they changed it to Ranked Choice Voting, all candidates from both primaries (plus independents) could run in the election and it would be up to the public to decide which of them is best, with their vote going to a fallback candidate if their favourite doesn't win.