The independent candidates never get elected. There was a guy who went to my college (perpetual student) who always wanted people to write him in for President. Everyone said they would, no one ever did because you see—we knew him personally.
It wouldn’t work any better. Reps would run a few different ones. Dems would do as they did this time: the bosses would agree on one individual and sell her as the messiah.
Two choices? You can do like Batman’s villain, two face. Flip a coin. The virtuous Harvey Dent law and order moral decision on one side, and Trump on the other.
Fun fact: You don’t have to choose among only two, there are usual several other parties on the ballot (like Libertarian or Green), and you’re even able to do a write-in vote for absolutely anyone you please. The choices are actually unlimited. No one’s forcing you to choose between only A or B.
The Constitution is hard-coded for the presidency to reduce the electoral system to two parties. Or one. No other equilibrium states are stable. I don’t think there is any easy or good solution for the single point at the top, but that’s why I think the presidency should be weakened except for REAL crises—not the fake crises the wolves are constantly shouting about.
If the House elections were fixed (mostly to stop the partisan gerrymandering) and the House itself was strengthened, then it could do a lot to improve the situation in America. So are you interested in “guest voting”? Starts with an option to vote next door if your own district is too gerrymandered for you.
It’s the same with baseball and football. The Super Bowl only allows two teams. In the World Series, only two teams get to play. It’s unfair, I say!
Our political system is designed like sports leagues. There are two “divisions” and lots of competition within those divisions, but there can only be one winner. If we want something different, where coalitions form at the highest levels, where multiple parties work together in actual governance, then we have to change the entire system, probably to a parliamentary system. Good luck.
Tired of old white guys? Good news, we have none running for President this time. Just one woman of color (what color I don’t know, I’m confused about that), and one orange guy (well he’s old, but his orange tint somehow helps with that). Take your pick, that’s it folks.
As for third party candidates here is a cautionary tale: in the tight 2000 election, Al Gore would have won Florida, its 25 Electoral College votes, and therefore the presidency if Ralph Nader (running as the Green Party candidate) had not run as a presidential candidate. George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by 537 votes. Nader received 97,421 votes in Florida, which led to a general consensus that Nader’s campaign took enough votes from Gore in Florida to cost him the election.
In Massachusetts there are three official political parties: Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians. In addition, there are 29 political designations, not considered official parties but a voter can enroll in any of them and the political designations can field candidates for state offices.
I suspect other states have similar things.
However, since the constitution requires that the president be elected by a majority of the Electoral College, there is an effective limit of two parties. Failure of the EC to achieve a majority leads to throwing the vote to the house for president and the senate for vice president just to confuse things further (per the 12th amendment).
There’s only one choice. Choose the one of the two primary candidates (Putin employee Jill Stein and brain-starved Bob Kennedy are just grotesquries) who hasn’t been found guilty of multiple felonies — vote for KAMALA HARRIS.
We have 16 candidates in Ecuador vying for the presidential role in our upcoming 2025 elections. Of those, there are 6 that are serious contenders. Unless one of them wins by more than 50% of the vote on the first ballot, a run-off election will be held featuring the top 3 vote-getters. Like him/her or not, the president will be elected by a democratic popular vote, not some arcane Electoral College system!
BTW Voting is mandatory for citizens of Ecuador aged 18 – 65. For Seniors and incapacitated individuals who can’t get to the polls, the voting registrars will come to them, and they can vote in their own homes.
When you vote, the picture on your cedula( national identification card) and signature is matched to the picture and signature on the voting roles, eliminating voter fraud.
I’m not sure I’d want dozens of options for political candidates. It’s hard enough trying to choose non-essential things, like what kind of chocolate I want to eat.
Yes, there are only two real choices for the President. However, if you believe women should have sanctity over their bodies and you believe in the Constitution and the peaceful transfer of power, then Harris is the only choice. Plus, Employment is up, Inflation is down, and markets are doing great.
I swear whenever I flip on the TV, well more than half the time any given channel is showing a commercial. I’d cancel it altogether, but my wife likes TCM and the music channels.
Clearly, this years election is very significant. Why anyone would support Trump, who failed miserably in his first term is beyond my comprehension. What I do wish is that more people would show as much enthusiasm for the down-ballot races. As I used to tell my students, the closer the race (and office) to you the more it can potentially impact your lives.
I’m getting so tired of all the political ads in the comics, in my streaming programs…I’m starting to miss all the Big Pharma ads! Whichever side you are on, if you want a 3rd party, start at the local level, get 3rd parties in your city, county, and state. Now, on to more of Bill and Opus 24!!!
UGH… Historiographer, here. With two parties, the winner has the support of about half of the population. When a third party steps in, the winner represents, by default, a minority (about one-third). In US history, this is seldom a good thing.
Funny, on my ballot I have eight presidential candidates to choose from. Perhaps Rat should actually look at his ballot rather then stabbing blindly? If he bothers to vote at all.
The simple solution to voting is get rid of the electoral completely and go with the popular vote only with an IN-COUNTRY network not connected to the Internet in any way. Then other countries couldn’t hack into our elections. And whoever gets the most votes wins.
In just the two major parties there were 27 candidates for president. Through the processes installed by each party, primary voting, that’s been narrowed down to the two we have now. We only have one president at a time.
Nobody voted for Harris, there was no primary. The only reason she is the democrat’s choice is because she’s the only person that can get the campaign funds from Biden’s war chest. The democrats didn’t want to lose the 200 million.
So you have to vote for the lesser of two evils. IMHO, one candidate personifies “lesser” and “evils” above the other. But those two qualities serendipitously sink that candidate to the bottom of the list.
I wonder what would happen if we threw out the Primaries and just put everyone who signed up to run on the November ballot. Whoever gets the most votes wins. It might be a surprising outcome.
2 viable airlines left, most people choose vanilla or cholate, seams most people paint grey exteriors with white interiors, and 1000 channels with nothing to watch except bad news. So yeah, two parties are about all we can handle. That’s provided we don’t have to look up from our phones.
Ummm…there are SEVERAL candidates. Unfortunately, because of the out-dated and out-moded duoply, most people are only concerned with the 2 major parties.
I must have too much time on my hands for I read through all of these comments, and it proved to me once and for all that old saying about peoples opinions and their szamár lyukak, everyone has one…
Presidential systems really aren’t a good fit, though there are some countries (France and Mexico come to mind offhand) where the election happens in two stages, with the first being a knockout round and the second being between the top two finishers, thus ensuring that the president won with a majority of the vote. A ranked choice ballot would have the same effect.
It’s a bit of a paradox, though. We’re not going to have more than two viable candidates without a system like that, and we’re not going to get a system like that without more than two viable candidates. As long as the two party system is firmly established, there’s not much point to ranked choice voting.
Though it did make Lisa Murkowski bulletproof two years ago and gave her the courage she needed to stand up to maga bullies, as much as she was going to anyway. It might help other Republicans emancipate themselves.
I have no clue at this point which book this was in, but many years ago I read a Science Fiction Book by an author who probably counted as being in the original definition of Libertarian. In the book there was an election and the ‘winner’ was -——-“none of the above is acceptable”.
And there is likely one cable company. And you have to pay for the sports package whether you want it or not. We had cable to watch TCM only – finally let it go a few months ago and don’t miss it one bit and saved $150 per month as well.
Democracy is 5 wolves and a sheep taking a vote to decide what to have for dinner. We have a representative Republic, if, as Franklin was supposed to have said, “if we can keep it..”
It’s worse than that. Due to gerrymandering by both parties, few congressional seats are competitive. There’s really only one choice. My congressperson got 71% of the vote in 2022, 71% in 2020, 73% in 2018. Now, I’m OK with her, but those favoring the other party really won’t have a voice in Congress the way the district is drawn.
When the USA was formed the more common choice was one. And nobody voted. Two seemed like a giant step up. Later democracies and republics expanded the numbers. But ultimately it comes down to a majority coalition and minority coalition. And the elections just get more complicated.
Why does the USA only have two candidates? Is it not possible to have more? In the UK, it’s rare for any election to have less than 4 different candidates/parties to choose from.
Not true. You have more than two choices. There is the Independent Party, the Green Party, the Communist Party, (oops, that is democrat party). Well there are more than two.
Ballotpedia lists dozens of presidential candidates. We have many choices. I’m voting for Vice President Harris, since she is likely to be a good president and she has the best chance of keeping Trump out of the White House.
Only true if you don’t vote in the primary. In 2016, there were at least 37 Democrats on ballots in at least one state, and hundreds more who filed papers to run. The Republicans only had 22. That’s more choices than you get with Baskin-Robbins (31).
BasilBruce about 1 month ago
Can I cast my vote for Mint Chocolate Chip?
ronaldspence about 1 month ago
i vote for asteroid!
Bilan about 1 month ago
The vote is like the cable channels, you have options, but you can’t find anything you like.
The dude from FL Premium Member about 1 month ago
Voting is very easy, just do it!
Hello Everyone about 1 month ago
Lots of Cable Systems have virtual monopolies, or at least they used to.
orinoco womble about 1 month ago
The independent candidates never get elected. There was a guy who went to my college (perpetual student) who always wanted people to write him in for President. Everyone said they would, no one ever did because you see—we knew him personally.
Johnny Q Premium Member about 1 month ago
Anyone who tries to give the voters an extra choice gets called a traitor!
tomevansphd about 1 month ago
Grateful it’s only two – imagine trying to get voters across the country to decide which of the Baskin Robbins 31 flavors is the best
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 1 month ago
If you’re still undecided in this election, you’re beyond hope!!!
GeorgeInAZ about 1 month ago
It wouldn’t work any better. Reps would run a few different ones. Dems would do as they did this time: the bosses would agree on one individual and sell her as the messiah.
badeckman about 1 month ago
When it was Dump vs Biden I was waiting for some celeb or real billionaire to jump in.
Keno21 about 1 month ago
Is it really freedom of choice, when someone else gets to decide what the choices are? I’m going with Bill & Opus.
syzygy47 about 1 month ago
Two choices? You can do like Batman’s villain, two face. Flip a coin. The virtuous Harvey Dent law and order moral decision on one side, and Trump on the other.
Algolei I about 1 month ago
I only have one option for cable these days, and it sucks.
blunebottle about 1 month ago
Illusion of choice. One of the oldest sales tricks in the book.
Ichner about 1 month ago
Fun fact: You don’t have to choose among only two, there are usual several other parties on the ballot (like Libertarian or Green), and you’re even able to do a write-in vote for absolutely anyone you please. The choices are actually unlimited. No one’s forcing you to choose between only A or B.
SteveHL about 1 month ago
But despite a groundswell of support, Pogo never won.
sergioandrade Premium Member about 1 month ago
I know who I am NOT voting for.
Gent about 1 month ago
This complete false equivalence. For more numbers of politicians ain’t gooder than less numbers of em.
iggyman about 1 month ago
I am paying for cable channels I will never watch, no choice bundles they call it! We should have ala carte!
markkahler52 about 1 month ago
Mocha!! A double which makes for a great combination!!
phritzg Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’m wondering if the last panel reminded anyone else of Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”.
shanen0 about 1 month ago
The Constitution is hard-coded for the presidency to reduce the electoral system to two parties. Or one. No other equilibrium states are stable. I don’t think there is any easy or good solution for the single point at the top, but that’s why I think the presidency should be weakened except for REAL crises—not the fake crises the wolves are constantly shouting about.
If the House elections were fixed (mostly to stop the partisan gerrymandering) and the House itself was strengthened, then it could do a lot to improve the situation in America. So are you interested in “guest voting”? Starts with an option to vote next door if your own district is too gerrymandered for you.
workjobb Premium Member about 1 month ago
Great-Pastis opened a hornet’s nest in the comments section.
cdward about 1 month ago
It’s the same with baseball and football. The Super Bowl only allows two teams. In the World Series, only two teams get to play. It’s unfair, I say!
Our political system is designed like sports leagues. There are two “divisions” and lots of competition within those divisions, but there can only be one winner. If we want something different, where coalitions form at the highest levels, where multiple parties work together in actual governance, then we have to change the entire system, probably to a parliamentary system. Good luck.
happyinvenice23 about 1 month ago
Actually you only have 1 choice, if you want to live free, with a Constitution.
Lenavid about 1 month ago
People nowadays would then elect Gilligan.
Snolep about 1 month ago
When will they ever learn. Oh when will they ever learn?
donlackie about 1 month ago
There ARE more than two, but until the sheeple wake up and stop voting for the two major parties that is all we will ever get
bradford.j.hamilton Premium Member about 1 month ago
Our ballot has six choices – the two main ones are smack in the middle, and on the bottom. Which is which?
: – )
mrwiskers about 1 month ago
Does anyone remember the Monty Python skit about the numerous silly political parties found in England?
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 1 month ago
Tired of old white guys? Good news, we have none running for President this time. Just one woman of color (what color I don’t know, I’m confused about that), and one orange guy (well he’s old, but his orange tint somehow helps with that). Take your pick, that’s it folks.
gokar 4,la about 1 month ago
Not saying who I’m voting for.
Hoosier Guy about 1 month ago
As for third party candidates here is a cautionary tale: in the tight 2000 election, Al Gore would have won Florida, its 25 Electoral College votes, and therefore the presidency if Ralph Nader (running as the Green Party candidate) had not run as a presidential candidate. George W. Bush defeated Al Gore by 537 votes. Nader received 97,421 votes in Florida, which led to a general consensus that Nader’s campaign took enough votes from Gore in Florida to cost him the election.
Egrayjames about 1 month ago
Sorry, but there is only “one” candidate that is giving us a choice. We have been “told” to who to vote for by the Democratic Party.
Dirtfarmer about 1 month ago
In Massachusetts there are three official political parties: Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians. In addition, there are 29 political designations, not considered official parties but a voter can enroll in any of them and the political designations can field candidates for state offices.
I suspect other states have similar things.
However, since the constitution requires that the president be elected by a majority of the Electoral College, there is an effective limit of two parties. Failure of the EC to achieve a majority leads to throwing the vote to the house for president and the senate for vice president just to confuse things further (per the 12th amendment).
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diskus Premium Member about 1 month ago
None of the above
Betsy Miranda Premium Member about 1 month ago
There are 11 choices on the Louisiana ballot.
Waittilnxyr about 1 month ago
And if you are a Democrat, you didn’t even get to vote for your nominee.
Vermont Premium Member about 1 month ago
There’s only one choice. Choose the one of the two primary candidates (Putin employee Jill Stein and brain-starved Bob Kennedy are just grotesquries) who hasn’t been found guilty of multiple felonies — vote for KAMALA HARRIS.
wongo about 1 month ago
There is only one logical choice “Taylor Swift”!
david_42 about 1 month ago
There are two major party candidates and four minor ones. Plus, 18 others who dropped out for lack of support.
SusieB about 1 month ago
Eliminating the Electoral College would help solve this problem
rossevrymn about 1 month ago
Ted Rall and Scott Stantis will be crying about this very subject here today.
T Smith about 1 month ago
It does make voting easy… vote for democracy or vote Republican.
cunning.p.al about 1 month ago
Considering the quality of the contenders, it’s a good thing there are only two. Going down, from here.
kevinclark about 1 month ago
Imagine if we voted for ice cream flavors and TV channels. Everyone would be stuck with vanilla and the NFL no matter their personal preferences.
davidthoms1 about 1 month ago
As recent history proves, most voters can’t tell the difference between the truth and a lie.
Maester Brow Premium Member about 1 month ago
You all know that the framers of the constitution were dead set against political parties. That lasted all the way to Washington’s second term!
JudyAz about 1 month ago
Just remember that in some countries there’s only one candidate to vote for.
hrhitter about 1 month ago
Saw this coming in the first panel.
Linguist about 1 month ago
We have 16 candidates in Ecuador vying for the presidential role in our upcoming 2025 elections. Of those, there are 6 that are serious contenders. Unless one of them wins by more than 50% of the vote on the first ballot, a run-off election will be held featuring the top 3 vote-getters. Like him/her or not, the president will be elected by a democratic popular vote, not some arcane Electoral College system!
BTW Voting is mandatory for citizens of Ecuador aged 18 – 65. For Seniors and incapacitated individuals who can’t get to the polls, the voting registrars will come to them, and they can vote in their own homes.
When you vote, the picture on your cedula( national identification card) and signature is matched to the picture and signature on the voting roles, eliminating voter fraud.
Goat from PBS about 1 month ago
I’m not sure I’d want dozens of options for political candidates. It’s hard enough trying to choose non-essential things, like what kind of chocolate I want to eat.
SheMc about 1 month ago
Decisions, decisions!!!
johnschutt about 1 month ago
People get the leaders that they deserve.
Queen of America about 1 month ago
True dat!
rs0204 Premium Member about 1 month ago
Yes, there are only two real choices for the President. However, if you believe women should have sanctity over their bodies and you believe in the Constitution and the peaceful transfer of power, then Harris is the only choice. Plus, Employment is up, Inflation is down, and markets are doing great.
Croc Holliday about 1 month ago
57 channels and there’s nothing on.
I swear whenever I flip on the TV, well more than half the time any given channel is showing a commercial. I’d cancel it altogether, but my wife likes TCM and the music channels.
Ellis97 about 1 month ago
Democracy is practically nonexistent these days.
Havel about 1 month ago
Clearly, this years election is very significant. Why anyone would support Trump, who failed miserably in his first term is beyond my comprehension. What I do wish is that more people would show as much enthusiasm for the down-ballot races. As I used to tell my students, the closer the race (and office) to you the more it can potentially impact your lives.
Ishka Bibel about 1 month ago
There are about 1100 people running for president this year, down from recent previous years.
WCraft Premium Member about 1 month ago
Excellent!
darthopper Premium Member about 1 month ago
Ranked choice voting will get more candidate on the ballot.
Skeptical Meg about 1 month ago
The choices are mostly A or B, Yes or No, but there are 39 items on my ballot this year.
raybarb44 about 1 month ago
Gone to flowers everyone. When will they ever learn?…..
socalvillaguy Premium Member about 1 month ago
Get rid of the Electoral College, and then you can have a functional multi-party system.
Robert Miller Premium Member about 1 month ago
I’m getting so tired of all the political ads in the comics, in my streaming programs…I’m starting to miss all the Big Pharma ads! Whichever side you are on, if you want a 3rd party, start at the local level, get 3rd parties in your city, county, and state. Now, on to more of Bill and Opus 24!!!
waes-hael about 1 month ago
UGH… Historiographer, here. With two parties, the winner has the support of about half of the population. When a third party steps in, the winner represents, by default, a minority (about one-third). In US history, this is seldom a good thing.
gigagrouch about 1 month ago
Freedom of Choice -is what you got…
Freedom from Choice- is what you want.
-Devo.
Spoinkle about 1 month ago
There’s more than two choices. You also have, including but not limited to, the Green Party, Marijuana Party, Libertarian Party, Communist Party…..
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe about 1 month ago
I seem to recall the last two WWs that America hid under the blanket until they had no choice, That’s not leadership.
VICTOR PROULX about 1 month ago
“If you can’t put your values into your vote, then democracy is lost at sea.” – Dr Jill Stein.
Hello Sweetie about 1 month ago
Funny, on my ballot I have eight presidential candidates to choose from. Perhaps Rat should actually look at his ballot rather then stabbing blindly? If he bothers to vote at all.
Cactus-Pete about 1 month ago
Apparently he completely missed the primaries.
kendavis09 about 1 month ago
The simple solution to voting is get rid of the electoral completely and go with the popular vote only with an IN-COUNTRY network not connected to the Internet in any way. Then other countries couldn’t hack into our elections. And whoever gets the most votes wins.
ncorgbl about 1 month ago
In just the two major parties there were 27 candidates for president. Through the processes installed by each party, primary voting, that’s been narrowed down to the two we have now. We only have one president at a time.
mousefumanchu Premium Member about 1 month ago
Took me 3 years to decide on the tile for my backsplash.
The Duke about 1 month ago
Nobody voted for Harris, there was no primary. The only reason she is the democrat’s choice is because she’s the only person that can get the campaign funds from Biden’s war chest. The democrats didn’t want to lose the 200 million.
Bucinka about 1 month ago
I don’t know where Stephan votes, but in my state, we have five choices this year, as we did in 2020.
jc.stukes about 1 month ago
Crest or Colgate.
moondog42 Premium Member about 1 month ago
Bill Hicks: “I like the puppet on the right”
“Well, I prefer the puppet on the left”
Hey look, it’s THE SAME GUY HOLDING BOTH PUPPETS
ChazNCenTex about 1 month ago
So you have to vote for the lesser of two evils. IMHO, one candidate personifies “lesser” and “evils” above the other. But those two qualities serendipitously sink that candidate to the bottom of the list.
zeexenon about 1 month ago
Not really, you do not vote for President, the Electoral College does. No shenanigans in between, we swear.
michael3114 30 days ago
I wonder what would happen if we threw out the Primaries and just put everyone who signed up to run on the November ballot. Whoever gets the most votes wins. It might be a surprising outcome.
Beowulf 406 Premium Member 30 days ago
2 viable airlines left, most people choose vanilla or cholate, seams most people paint grey exteriors with white interiors, and 1000 channels with nothing to watch except bad news. So yeah, two parties are about all we can handle. That’s provided we don’t have to look up from our phones.
olds_cool63 30 days ago
Ummm…there are SEVERAL candidates. Unfortunately, because of the out-dated and out-moded duoply, most people are only concerned with the 2 major parties.
justanudderpeeon 30 days ago
I must have too much time on my hands for I read through all of these comments, and it proved to me once and for all that old saying about peoples opinions and their szamár lyukak, everyone has one…
willie_mctell 30 days ago
Gone to psychopaths, every one. When will they ever learn?
John Jorgensen 30 days ago
Presidential systems really aren’t a good fit, though there are some countries (France and Mexico come to mind offhand) where the election happens in two stages, with the first being a knockout round and the second being between the top two finishers, thus ensuring that the president won with a majority of the vote. A ranked choice ballot would have the same effect.
It’s a bit of a paradox, though. We’re not going to have more than two viable candidates without a system like that, and we’re not going to get a system like that without more than two viable candidates. As long as the two party system is firmly established, there’s not much point to ranked choice voting.
Though it did make Lisa Murkowski bulletproof two years ago and gave her the courage she needed to stand up to maga bullies, as much as she was going to anyway. It might help other Republicans emancipate themselves.
davidp05201 30 days ago
The only Independent to win the presidential election was George Washington.
Curiosity Premium Member 30 days ago
I have no clue at this point which book this was in, but many years ago I read a Science Fiction Book by an author who probably counted as being in the original definition of Libertarian. In the book there was an election and the ‘winner’ was -——-“none of the above is acceptable”.
Saurischia 30 days ago
And there is likely one cable company. And you have to pay for the sports package whether you want it or not. We had cable to watch TCM only – finally let it go a few months ago and don’t miss it one bit and saved $150 per month as well.
Radish the wordsmith 30 days ago
Lying insurrectionist Republicans want to take your rights away so that they can be dictators.
Rich Douglas 30 days ago
You only have one. If you want democracy, that is.
Roy Lamberton 30 days ago
Democracy is 5 wolves and a sheep taking a vote to decide what to have for dinner. We have a representative Republic, if, as Franklin was supposed to have said, “if we can keep it..”
DonCoyote® 30 days ago
In every election, you get TWO choices:…
1) Get hit in the head with a golf club.
2) Get hit in the head with a baseball bat.
……… Choose wisely.
wildlandwaters 30 days ago
or, if one in particular gets his way, you’ll never hafta worry about who to vote for ever again… lol!
ZBicyclist Premium Member 30 days ago
It’s worse than that. Due to gerrymandering by both parties, few congressional seats are competitive. There’s really only one choice. My congressperson got 71% of the vote in 2022, 71% in 2020, 73% in 2018. Now, I’m OK with her, but those favoring the other party really won’t have a voice in Congress the way the district is drawn.
dpatrickryan Premium Member 30 days ago
Canadian here. What are these “airline options” of which you speak? Our airline options are generally “fly” and “don’t fly”.
MacII 30 days ago
Sometimes I think Stephan throws these strips out there and then kicks back to watch the wolves tear each other apart. I guess every job has it perks.
eddi-TBH 30 days ago
When the USA was formed the more common choice was one. And nobody voted. Two seemed like a giant step up. Later democracies and republics expanded the numbers. But ultimately it comes down to a majority coalition and minority coalition. And the elections just get more complicated.
sisterea 30 days ago
Yeah well make sure you get it right, because if you don’t you might never get another chance. VOTE BLUE signed Childless Cat Lady
kevin87031 30 days ago
With regards to George Carlin.
KingDavidLane 30 days ago
There’s usually a minimum of 4 but sometimes more. You just probably haven’t heard of several or don’t want to.
c001 29 days ago
In Germany, we have more than 40 parties to choose from but only 4 of them ever came to power, in combinations of 2-3.
woodvale22 29 days ago
Why does the USA only have two candidates? Is it not possible to have more? In the UK, it’s rare for any election to have less than 4 different candidates/parties to choose from.
serial232 29 days ago
Not true. You have more than two choices. There is the Independent Party, the Green Party, the Communist Party, (oops, that is democrat party). Well there are more than two.
MatthewJB 29 days ago
Ballotpedia lists dozens of presidential candidates. We have many choices. I’m voting for Vice President Harris, since she is likely to be a good president and she has the best chance of keeping Trump out of the White House.
DarkHorseSki 29 days ago
Vote Libertarian. It has the best aspects of both major parties. Fiscally responsible while for social liberties.
joebaxter 29 days ago
Thanks for the earworm. “…when will they ever learn, when will they ever learn.”
Masked Avenger 29 days ago
You have plenty of choices. It just got narrowed down to two, sometimes three.
Treedodger 27 days ago
Get rid of the electoral college and mutiple parties will work. Until then….
DanMercer 25 days ago
Only true if you don’t vote in the primary. In 2016, there were at least 37 Democrats on ballots in at least one state, and hundreds more who filed papers to run. The Republicans only had 22. That’s more choices than you get with Baskin-Robbins (31).
Swirls Before Pine 12 days ago
“Democracy” does not mean having many choices. It means having many choosers.