The entire party system need thrown out the window.
If one party is that bad (they 100% are) it means we really don't have an option on what party we vote for.
And the "good" party has been running around for almost a decade telling people primaries are nonbinding so it doesn't matter if they influence it. Because if they wanted to, they could just cancel everyone's primary like they did to NH a few months ago and tell us who the nominee is.
And it would be 100% legal, there's nothing anyone can do to stop them.
One party is obviously worse, but only having one option isn't democracy.
And there is zero indication the "good" party will ever voluntarily give up their place as the only sane option.
The people have to do it without the help of either party. And if we keep blindly supporting one or the other party, shit will keep getting worse.
And there won't be electoral reform as long as the president has a R or D by their name...
Both parties has too much to lose if there's any other viable option.
Which is why I'm still pulling my hair out over no one else caring the two parties took over the debate system this cycle and have complete control over who is allowed to debate.
The parties keep grabbing more and more power, and telling members of both that they can't ask any questions because this election is too important to have any standards.
They're both going to keep saying it no matter what happens
Is it actually one option though? Like sure, let's ignore Republicans. The Democratic nominee is the new presidential race. Or the many many seats up for grabs, aren't there different people we can pick? They might all have D by their name but are they all the same? People call Fetterman a former liberal and almost everything he does is pro-worker. There seems to be a spectrum of Democrats to choose from.
And there is zero indication the “good” party will ever voluntarily give up their place as the only sane option.
How would they go about "giving up their place as the only sane option"? By acting crazy so there is no sane option? Or by asking the other party to stop being insane? They are constantly asking them to not be insane, constantly asking them to vote on bipartisan bills. It's just the insane party doesn't want to stop being insane. They're crazy like that.
If you're having difficulty, try removing some adjectives and see if it's easier to understand:
give up their place as the only sane option.
If they're the only option besides republicans, they have zero standards besides not being that bad
So they can run candidates more conservative than dem.viters want, and when voters ask for more instead of opening a dialogue, they can just scream and holler about how not voting D means you want R.
They'll never give that up for a system where voters get a say.