Is this the begining

[TreasonousBastard]

9. It may be baked into the Constitution

that winner take all for the Presidential race, but that shouldn't mean anything for every other office from town dogcatcher to US Senator.

In my town, we have D's and R's, with the usual Conservative Party for R's who prefer to be more rightwing. We also have the Working Families Party for displaced Greens and maybe a few dozen others. We also have the Independence Party, which is primarily the ego trip of one guy and a whole host of people who don't know any better. This year WF isn't carrying our whole slate on their line, and Independence refused to carry any, for reasons we're not sure of.

We're trying desperately to get a new "party" started so that all our candidates get at least two lines, but the amount of enthusiasm is underwhelming. An actual party with its own candidates and issues? Ha!

I suspect it's like this everywhere-- the "people" who we value so highly don't really give a shit. Few enough of them get off their asses to vote, much less campaign or actually get involved in issues or things that just might affect the future.