Lemmy World U.S. Presidential Election Primary Polls (Summer 2023 Edition)
Lemmy World U.S. Presidential Election Primary Polls (Summer 2023 Edition)
Polls include declared candidates for each party. Polls are open 1 August - 7 August 2023
What an uninspiring menagerie of cretins and blowhards.
Easy Marianne Williamson vote
i remember how 2016 elections fucked up reddit forever. let's wish this election doesn't do the same to the lemmy
If the smash roster was made up of geriatrics
Ganondorf is ancient at least
I really wish the Dems could find someone reasonable to run in the primaries. Under 70 at election time would be a nice start for one. (And as for option 3 there, I'm put off by the woo)
Of course when the primaries are over and the general is Biden vs Evil I'm going to vote Biden, but I'm not enthusiastic about it.
Unless Biden suddenly plans to not run, the Dems aren’t going to run anyone real in the primaries against him.
I'm voting for Dark Brandon! He gets shit done!
Kanye, lol.
You will never find more wretched hives of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.
For the 2024 election we will run these polls in August 2023, November 2023, February 2024, and May 2024.
The Democratic Convention is scheduled for August 19-22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
The Republican Convention is scheduled for July 15-18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Libertarian Convention is scheduled for May 24-26, 2024 in Washington DC.
I'm interested in understanding why so many have picked Joe Biden. According to several top posts, Lemmy is supposedly left wing, yet the vast majority are voting for a conservative democrat over the progressive.
Does anyone here actually care about pushing against dark money, treating climate change like an existential threat, and fighting for universal health care? What's drawing you to voting for him? Looking forward to respectful debate
My vote changes daily based on my mood. When the condom meets the road, Biden really is the only choice. I’ll probably go Marianne in the Primary, but Fascism is more important than my misgivings about corporate Dems. Republicans will rally around DeSantis when Trump’s trial tanks him. And you do not want that fucker anyway near military power.
Yeah, if I had it my way, I'd be voting for someone more in line with AOC or Bernie Sanders, but until a candidate like that takes the Primary, I'm left with Biden. Just because Biden isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination, doesn't mean it's worth it to take a vote from the Dems and by proxy give one to the Republicunts.
That being said, fuck the DNC is fucking terrible at marketing. I just found out like 3 days ago that rail workers have indeed been getting the sick days that they were asking for due to regular followup from the Biden Administration during negotiations. The strike and him being a Union buster was a huge (rightfully so) story, and a bad look all around, but fucking tell the public about your wins too, jfc. It's not that hard.
Also, his move to keep the Space Command in CO was pretty meaningful to a portion of the population (women and LGBTQ+ in the USSF), and it actively fucks over Tommy Tuberville in AL (who hates women and LGBTQ+ people).
Should we demand better? Yes. Do we deserve better? Also yes. But let's not pretend he's the worst candidate up there. Let's keep pushing for more actually Progressive politicians, but in the meantime, don't let perfection be the enemy of progress.
I’m interested in understanding why so many have picked Joe Biden.
Both his current primary challengers are antivaxxers. Fuck that.
I'm interested in who you think is the progressive candidate?
Only one candidate has committed to:
- medicare for all
- free college tuition
- legalizing marajuanna
- eliminating the social security cap
It's all laid out in a policy page that's more detailed than even Bernie's ever was.
Meanwhile Biden's website just says 'lets finish the job'??
The primary is the time to push for candidates that must align with your personal political identity. The general is the time to choose the best out of what’s available. I hope more people get involved in the primary voting.
Exactly. Now is the time to change hearts and minds to demand more. By the time I'm in the ballot box I'll do what I need to but why not wear your heart on your sleeve until then? It makes no sense to not leave it all out on the field
There isn't a place for spoiler DeSantis vote. Or some similar unelectable but viable in a primary person.
Which candidate between the vaccine denier and the rock worshiper are you suggesting is more likely to be a competent POTUS than the avatar of senility?
Well Biden is the incumbent so no one's really running against him and I believe right now he's the Dem with the best chance to win in the general. Won't really get to have a choice on the Dem side until 2024
Because Brandon is actually doing a decent job and he’s most likely to beat trump.
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It's not about being correct, it's about how the mathematics of voting works. American Presidential elections are fundamentally designed to force you into a binary choice. This is fixable ans so of course Congress refuses to fix it, but the problem is real, not a delusion.
"Vote Blue No Matter Who" has to be the most self-deprecating slogan of American politics I've ever heard of
It's interesting to see how the Republican poll illustrates how off base this sub is from reality: https://newjerseyglobe.com/presidential-election/sienna-poll-finds-chris-christies-gop-primary-base-joe-biden-supporters/
One thing the Democrats had going for them in the 2020 election was media control. This time around they won't have that. Republicans are more independent thinkers, unwilling to trust establishment media. They don't even trust Fox News anymore. Good luck controlling a grassroots social media effort.
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Republicans are more independent thinkers
Sorry, that isn't independence; that is denial. Republicans only want an echo chamber and to her what they want to hear. That is a extremely close-minded way of thinking, the vast polar opposite of independent.
I heard all the cool kids are coming for DeSantis because he can't win.