#democratic socialist
Is the voter system in the United States corrupt? ABSOLUTELY. The electoral college is unfair and makes one person’s vote worth more than another’s. The fact that we only have a choice between two candidates when most of the time we don’t like either is awful. Yes there are third party options and write ins, but they NEVER win. They never even come close. Voting third party just gives less votes to the republican and democratic nominees. Should it be this way? No! Every person running for president should have an equal opportunity of winning but our current system doesn’t allow for that.
The issue we have now is the fact that people who do not like Biden are saying “why should I vote for the democratic nominee if he doesn’t represent the values that I have?” I understand, you shouldn’t have to vote for someone you don’t like. We should fix the system and have better representation of the values of voters. Well who are you going to vote for? Write in someone? Vote third party? Vote for Trump? Right now voting for anyone but the two main candidates divides the amount of votes each candidate gets. Yes you are voting for a third party, but that vote takes away from the two candidates. As I have said, this is unfair, but right now this is the system we have. We can change it in the future and we should but right now we have to deal with the cards in front of us.
Voting third party or writing someone in comes from a place of privilege. If you vote third party it is a vote for Donald Trump. He has no interest in anyone but himself. He fires anyone who disagrees with him. He publicly slanders people in his own party who disagree with him. He puts people against one another. He has put no effort into uniting the country. He has done nothing in the response to this pandemic and does not care one bit that over 160,000 people have died. He puts children in cages. He has separated families. He has LOST THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN. He literally has ties to Jeffrey Epstein and the KKK. Things can only get worse if he stays in office. If you vote third party, you take away votes from Joe Biden (who is in no way perfect at all but is absolutely not as bad as Donald Trump). Biden may not represent who you want as president but it is extremely ignorant to only take into account your personal interests while people’s LIVES are at risk while Trump is in office.
Right now, a third party vote is useless. That is not to say that this system shouldnt be changed, but right now we need to think about the immediate future. Voting third party won’t help anyone except Trump. Please, vote blue.
Vogue: There’s a lot of talk of “civility” right now.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: I do know that because of who I am, there are characteristics that people would be predisposed to think about me. It’s easier to label someone like me as emotional, or explosive, or whatever. But what I think is powerful is the fact that [my campaign uses] such unapologetic language while remaining composed. People in my opponent’s camp have accused me of running a negative campaign. I find it very interesting that we have now interpreted holding people accountable as negative. I never called him a name; I have never insulted him. But because I talk about the fact that he takes money from immigrant detention center profiteers, because I talk about the fact that he has been under ethics investigations within his role—both in Congress and as the chairman of the Democratic Caucus—because I’m holding him accountable for what he’s done, that accountability is being interpreted as negative. Because he’s a Democrat, and also because he is powerful, and we’re somehow not allowed or not supposed to talk about the misguided actions of people who are in power. Our democracy is designed for that to happen. Our democracy is designed to speak truth to power. Our democracy is designed for elections to be these kinds of conversations and referendums on our leadership.
June 2018. May AOC’s passion and drive help galvanize and propel our country always forward, never back.
