politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
Oh neat. Another centrist trying to give Trump another term. Guess supporting incumbents is only for incumbents like Henry Cuellar and Joe Manchin.
If he succeeds in giving Trump another term, centrists will do what they do every time they lose: blame progressives and shift to the right.
As if Biden himself isn't a centrist severely increasing the risk of another Trump term.
I'm not saying that I'm in favor of this Phillips rando, mind you, I'm saying that I'm in favor of a candidate with policy positions much more in alignment with the majority of the population than either of them, IE a progressive.
I'm just saying that centrists are against primarying incumbents only when the primary challenge comes from the incumbent's left.
That's absolutely true, yeah.
Not Trump is all I need to vote that aside. One midterm race that I watched closely that didn't get a lot of national attention was Ryan vs Vance for the Ohio Senate. Ryan ran on abortion rights, reversing job loss & wage stagnation, reducing fossil fuels & increased renewables especially solar, debt free tuition, etc. He ran on more than not trump. Democrats just didn't bother to vote and Ohio elected Vance who only got nominated because of Trump.
Not sure where I read, but don't less Democrats vote during midterms?
Voter participation goes down across the board in a midterm. The party out of power typically gets a bump and generally republicans are more reliable voters than Democrats. So yeah. Typically.
Typically I blame people who don't show up to vote. Overall I think Democrats have better solutions to that problems facing America today but people don't want to actually vote. Turn out for the last midterm was about 45%. That's terrible.
Didn't show up to vote or disenfranchised to vote?
Didn't show up because those numbers changed during the presidential election. If it were disenfranchisement I think they would have remained low.
I don't know that the Democrats have better solutions, for me it's the simple fact that Democrats are proposing solutions at all. What are the proposed Republican solutions for the cost of healthcare, the wage gap, the climate crisis, gun violence?
I don't even fully agree with all the solutions proposed by Democrats, but it seems to me like they're the only game in town.
Well a Republican might answer this way:
Healthcare: let the free market determine the price. If you can't afford it then that's an incentive to get a better job.
Wage gap: negotiate for better pay. Or find a better job.
Climate crisis: the earth goes though patterns of hot and cold. Humans have nothing to do with it.
Gun violence: the only thing that'll stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.
You know what? I stand corrected. You're absolutely right.
Honestly don't see how he's any worse than Biden in that front. Most people only voted Biden specifically because he wasn't Trump. A primary challenger could possibly energize dem voters into going to the polls and get some kind of policy talk going, while it remaind to be seen who thr GOP nominee will be, Trumps legal woes coule likely DOA his chances assuming the GOP can produce one healthy brain cell to champion their ticket.
But there's a chance you'll elect someone better than Biden. The fact that the US basically has a two-party system is already terrible enough.
But I doubt Biden will not win the Dems primary since he's already sitting as the President.
And even if Dean Philips doesn't win the primary, it gives him exposure in advance of the 2028 elections once whoever finishes their term.
What would someone "better than Biden" have done differently? And would this jackass realistically have done those things?