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Comment on Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.

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andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I live in Oklahoma. Often, I don’t even get to vote for a position, because the only candidate that runs is a Republican.

And having volunteered on several Dem campaigns, that’s because Oklahoman republicans are allowed to terrorize and harass Dems into not running at all.

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bloodfart@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
sometimes i see ballots like that too. if you don’t have an option, but there’s a write in line, write in something, anything. if there’s no write in line and you don’t see a candidate you like, leave that field blank.

some places are already dominated by a party machine. in those cases it might be best to do mutual aid like helping the people around you instead of volunteering for a political party that is unpopular and going to face insane opposition anyway.

I don’t have all the answers for everyone in every case and place.

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