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As a European… we’re not really fond of this situation either. Both candidates would get laughed off stage here. I don’t mind a seasoned, older politician, but these two should stick to golf and not running a country. Get yourself some better candidates or better, vote for a third party.
Third party isn't a real option unfortunately. It's the 2 biggest parties, nobody else has a chance in hell. In EU things are different.
You would think that US voters would've had enough of this system by now. The only reason third - or fourth, fifth, etc. - parties don't really work is because people keep voting for the same two... and expecting different results. The classic definition of insanity.
Now, it's not going to be easy to sway enough people, but doing nothing surely isn't going to fix things either. It clearly hasn't to date.
We have had enough of the system. But it's a big country. You can't just walk down the street to the White House to end up getting curb stomped by militarized police. While your family at home starves because you stopped working for a day.
Also with voting, one party is sending a fascist religious cult. If one person tries to do a third party vote, that takes away a vote from the other main party that has the highest odds of winning. It would have to be everyone is doing it all at the same time. But it would be much more likely that the fascist wins while everyone realigns. Do you really want to take that chance?
That means the powers aren't balanced enough. In USA I have the impression way too much power lies with 1 person from 1 party. In a democracy, absolute majorities should always be avoided in the most powerful places and policy should always remain the outcome (compromise) of talks between many different parties. The elections serve to point out how strongly represented every faction is, but no 1 faction should ever get near the amount of absolute control it has in the USA. Fact a 3rd party can't arise means the democracy is functionally paralysed, not functioning in democratic way.
Oh you're definitely right about everything there. Our government is definitely fucked and the balance between powers have eroded.