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In reply to the discussion: I'd like to congratulate the Democratic Establishment on tonight's victory in NJ [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)signaled their approval of the Republican giving him 30% of the Dem vote that should have gone to the Democrat. And now people are DEFENDING supporting a Republican???
No wonder half the country doesn't vote. Did you know that the average person doesn't view elections as 'games' to be calculated based on political 'wins' and 'losses'???
This is why I am for eliminating from the electoral system ALL political operatives, think tanks, calculators, and anyone else whose mind isn't totally focused on what is good for the PEOPLE.
These are NOT horse races to decide who in the top 1% can throw the most money at the candidate of their choice. But since it appears that now there are actually people who view our system that way, we have people agreeing with it.
Take all the horse race bettors out of the system, ALL the money, and see what happens. Maybe the half of the country that isn't voting might just do so and the people's will, not the money men, might just begin to prevail.