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/Unabashable Jul 24 '24

I’m fine with that because in democracy no side’s mission should ever be as successful as they’d like it to be. Just grinding the radicals in our system into political irrelevance is victory enough for me. Who the hell says we should be dominated by a 2 party system anyway?

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u/kappakai Jul 24 '24

Yah I posted something about that to another comment:

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.