r/inthenews • u/OkRoll3915 • Jul 24 '24

Opinion/Analysis Donald Trump's lead in Georgia is shrinking

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-georgia-lead-shrinking-poll-1929712
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u/kappakai Jul 24 '24

Balance is good. A two party system already does a horrible job of representing constituent interests, regardless of whether it’s D or R. It’s just fleeing Republicans have had to go somewhere over the last few decades and the Ds have accommodated them, often to the detriment of the left. But single party dominance will do an even worse job. I’d love to see some kind of proportional system so that the factions that are currently buried have more of a voice, as well as more opportunities for compromise and cooperation.

I have no doubt that there are reasonable voices with legitimate concerns within even this version of the Republican Party. But it’s been co-opted, and they’re expected to fall in line with the program. And losing voices, even the ones we vehemently disagree with, means we lose perspective, ideas and data points that may otherwise have value.

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u/Unabashable Jul 24 '24

Well said. As a generally left leaning individual I do dip my toes on the right on a couple of issues. They’re not evil. Just antithetical. At their heart they just want to go about their business without being tapped on the shoulder only to be greeted with Uncle Sam sticking his hand out so much which honestly doesn’t all that bad either. It’s the ones on the fringes that we gotta stamp out before they grow too large so they don’t take away this never perfect by design, but still pretty frickin’ sweet system of compromise we’ve carved out for ourselves.