Comment on This is what Democratic voters are saying. Will the party listen?
Awooooooga@lemmy.world 1 day agoHappy with mine in Canada. It helps if your country isn’t shitty!
Comment on This is what Democratic voters are saying. Will the party listen?
Awooooooga@lemmy.world 1 day agoHappy with mine in Canada. It helps if your country isn’t shitty!
lugal@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
I focused on the US because that’s what the post was about but here in Germany, it’s only gradually better but I’m far from happy with it. There are topics with a majority of the population in favor but a minority in parliament. Granted, some of the elements of my first mental list have changed by now but also, all the parties are moving to the right.
BlaestEgnen@feddit.dk 12 hours ago
The German problem is the missing representation, through a requirement of 5% of votes to be represented.
Then for the case of AfD, no one wanted to talk with them at all when they crossed the 5% mark. AfD has a lot of garbage takes, but they’re gaining traction for a reason and any extreme party will have some truth to their main requests.
I think we’re quite close to optimal in Denmark with the 2% requirement and then legitimately listening to all parties. Like right now there’s no need to include Alternativet/Greens. But everyone is aware the most climate extreme party will become big if everyone ignores them.