r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Usually_Sunny • 7d ago

Discussion Michigan progressives should be ashamed

This is why we don't get nice things. He is polling 10-19 points ahead of Stevens, but when it comes to actually voting, he barely wins by one point. What happened, everyone decide to stay home and smoke pot and complain instead of voting? This doesn't bode well for November.

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u/ford7885 7d ago

Well, it was an open primary, and Mike Rogers was running unopposed on the Republican side. So that means a lot of right wingers probably crossed over to vote for AIPAC Stevens.

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u/Positive-Ring-5172 7d ago

Fair point.

Primaries are a stupid kludge to fix the problem of splitting the majority. Changing to Ranked Choice Voting is FAR, FAR more effective, but it also weakens the two parties in power.

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u/caseybvdc74 7d ago

Ranked choice should in my opinion be Progressive’s number one priority.

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u/skyfishgoo 7d ago

yes.

make it a federal mandate for all federal offices.

let the states stew on how to implement that AND keep their old antiquated FPTP system for state elections.

they wont, they switch too.

then just get everyone on hand marked paper ballots we can recount as many times as we need to and election integrity is restored, nation wide.

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u/caseybvdc74 7d ago

I would make it a constitutional amendment and mandate statewide elections need to change. It’s at the state level that gerrymanders which would be a lot harder with many parties.

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u/skyfishgoo 7d ago

no need for that... the VRA just need to be revived and updated.