[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Federer91 2,904]

Our PM Borisov is going personally to Erdogan tonight to cool down the new migrant escalation. If things go well, Greece should once again be thankful for covering their buts, because our border is quiet.

[Olympian1010 8,074]

Any Klobachar will drop out of the race in order to give Biden a better chance on Super Tuesday. I hate that the party is going to try everything they can to fix this election for Biden. Progressives can’t ever get anything in this country. Thank the powers that be for California.

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 3/2/2020 at 8:28 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Any Klobachar will drop out of the race in order to give Biden a better chance on Super Tuesday. I hate that the party is going to try everything they can to fix this election for Biden. Progressives can’t ever get anything in this country. Thank the powers that be for California.

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How about starting a new party then?    Political parties split and form a new body all the time in the world. Why can't USA do that?

[LowerSaxony 205]

  On 3/2/2020 at 8:39 PM, Monzanator said:

 

How about starting a new party then?    Political parties split and form a new body all the time in the world. Why can't USA do that?

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Because the super dysfunctional US election system punishes that party which splits first.

[Dnl 695]

  On 3/2/2020 at 8:39 PM, Monzanator said:

 

How about starting a new party then?    Political parties split and form a new body all the time in the world. Why can't USA do that?

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the fact is a lot of parties cause a lot of mess just talking and the polls result here came and yet again it seems that there will be 4th F'ing elections...

[Dnl 695]

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/EXT-INTERACTIVE-latest-polls-israel-election-2020-1.7695785  so it seems that the Likud will have 60-61 members who will join the coallition, the diffrence is big if it will stay the same 90% we will go again to another round and again only polls results and not the actual results.

it will be tense days here in Israel i will try to update if anything special will pop up 

 

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 3/2/2020 at 9:26 PM, LowerSaxony said:

 

Because the super dysfunctional US election system punishes that party which splits first.

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Americans think their democracy is the best in the world though?

[LDOG 2,432]

  On 3/2/2020 at 9:26 PM, LowerSaxony said:

 

Because the super dysfunctional US election system punishes that party which splits first.

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American voters in general are too lazy to give much of a thought to politics. Which is understandable given their "system" is very old and too established. Trump, Sanders or any politician are just decoration that can't change much, regardless of how "radical" their speeches may sound. It's the most fake democracy of any first world western country. 

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[LowerSaxony 205]

  On 3/2/2020 at 9:44 PM, Monzanator said:

 

Americans think their democracy is the best in the world though?

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Don't know, but the problem is that we have a "prisoner's dilemma" here: Whoever moves first, loses (voters, power, posts etc)

None of the two big parties has an incentive to split as they know that they will lose all elections for sure if they do.

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 3/2/2020 at 9:44 PM, Monzanator said:

 

Americans think their democracy is the best in the world though?

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We don’t. Trust in the government, belief the vote matters, and economic satisfaction have all been the lowest they’ve in US history for the last decade or so.