Will you vote for Biden? \ stacker news ~news

The best justification for voting is local races: sheriff, judges, city council, school board. Those races have an out-sized effect on your day-to-day life. They are all 'boring', but you get actual tangible benefits from researching those candidates.

My local sheriff (Texas) proved this during Covid, he published a letter saying "dont call me to enforce any lockdown complaints or mask violations, as I wont be sending deputies out to enforce these things....we are busy dealing with actual crimes..."

It doesn't matter what rules those in DC pass if no one locally is willing to enforce them.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

Obviously immigration especially illegal is a big deal

Federal determine immigration policy including idiotic amnesty

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

District Attorney is also an important local election

Soros funded district attorney are making life in cities worse and unsafe.

I agree about local elections and their impact on your life , mundane or otherwise

The one federal law that has made a large impact, a deleterious impact, has been Obama care. Health care is more expensive and unaffordable than ever. Obama made healthcare worse in every possible way. The system was already broken and Barry exacerbated it.

Other examples similar to Obama care: social security, Medicare, Medicaid, public housing especially section 8, aid to families with dependent children or AFDC , federal gun control act 1968

But I digress. Local elections matter more than federal.

What about state government? More or less important than local?

State elections are more important than federal for your day to day life and affairs.

13 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 7 Jun

Obama care.

For sure it was ruinous. Yes, I agree having good Congressmen is very important. However, in the case of total commie revolution, it will be local people who prevent their edicts from being enforced.

That really is my only point: Local elections are your seatbelt + airbags. Federal are your Nav system.... State elections is somewhere in-between.

Case in point regarding State elections is that Abbott (TX Gov) was for the lockdowns originally. Our local Sheriff, who produced that letter, was writing that letter to Abbott as much as he was his people. (In it he coyly referenced there was no "state law" enforcing lockdowns, only "a governors statement"). Abbott quickly pivoted when he saw how deeply unpopular his policies were - and that they were not being enforced anyway.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

This discussion about local government made me think of the electoral college ironically.

Every state except Maine and Nebraska are winner take all.

I wish every state divided electors like Maine and Nebraska.

I hate the idea of a few swing states determining the presidential election.

There are at least 40 competitive districts vs 5 competitive states

Someone wins a state by a few hundred votes and he gets all the electors. Doesn’t seem fair or right

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

If you are not sure vote third party. Or don’t vote.

Let me guess: you hate Biden policies but you hate Trump personally

23 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 7 Jun freebie

No.

First I'm not there. secondly I don't believe in state sponsored democracy.

13 sats \ 5 replies \ @jasonb 7 Jun

Kennedy seems like a grown-up to me. He's got my vote.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

He is 11 years younger than Biden

It’s hard to listen to him speak 🗣️ because of his vocal cord surgery

14 sats \ 3 replies \ @jasonb 7 Jun

Yeah, but the things he says with his raspy voice sound so much less ridiculous than what I hear from other options.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

The question is will he be on the ballot where you live

Have you considered the other candidates like Jill Stein and Cornel West?

13 sats \ 1 reply \ @jasonb 7 Jun

Already made it! I’m in Ohio, so it only took a few days. I don’t think, after he won that court case in Utah, that there was any reason to doubt he’d be on the ballot in all 50 states.

Jill Stein and Cornel West check the grown-up box, but I disagree with them on way too many policy issues. They’re actually both much closer to Trump and Biden on the stuff I value than they are to Kennedy. Also, I don’t think they have any shot at winning.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

Nice

I am in California and rarely chat with people in the Midwest or rust belt

13 sats \ 3 replies \ @BoJack 7 Jun

They all have the same damaging economic policy just for different things. Every single candidate wants more government power so I can’t vote for any of them in good faith.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Bell_curve OP 7 Jun

Voting for none of the above is the best option

What is damaging about Trump economic policies? Tariff and trade wars?

Before covid Trump presided over a strong economy. Luck or policy?

Trump deregulation was a boon for the economy in his first term

14 sats \ 1 reply \ @BoJack 7 Jun

While it is true trump would be more beneficial to my personal economic situation it has always been a principle of mine to vote against any form of command economics. Yes this may be stupid but I decided a long time ago the only candidate I would vote for is one that demonstrates they would deregulate the economy. Socialism will always be sexier to the general population in a “democratic” state with the right rhetoric, so it will be the one that wins irregardless of how harmful it is.