The states control voting so it will have to happen at the state level. RCV reduces the power of the 2 parties so it would only be politically viable in states where there is already popular independents or politicians that don’t want to be with their current party (DSA backed Democrats or libertarians running as Republicans for example). Even then, it kinda seems like the DSA politicians are more interested in shifting the Democrats platform than making the DSA into its own party.
Even then, it kinda seems like the DSA politicians are more interested in shifting the Democrats platform than making the DSA into its own party.
Path of least resistance towards ballot access.
In Ohio it requires something like 5% of the vote in the previous election to even have access to the ballot. So you have to get through your first cycle and ask people to throw away their vote before you even become ballot eligible. If you convince enough people for ballot access, you then have to convince them over the next 4 years that they didn’t throw away their vote, despite the hate theyll get from do-nothing centrists blaming them for absolutely everything.
It’s much easier to take over a party that has no policy.
The states control voting so it will have to happen at the state level. RCV reduces the power of the 2 parties so it would only be politically viable in states where there is already popular independents or politicians that don’t want to be with their current party (DSA backed Democrats or libertarians running as Republicans for example). Even then, it kinda seems like the DSA politicians are more interested in shifting the Democrats platform than making the DSA into its own party.
Path of least resistance towards ballot access.
In Ohio it requires something like 5% of the vote in the previous election to even have access to the ballot. So you have to get through your first cycle and ask people to throw away their vote before you even become ballot eligible. If you convince enough people for ballot access, you then have to convince them over the next 4 years that they didn’t throw away their vote, despite the hate theyll get from do-nothing centrists blaming them for absolutely everything.
It’s much easier to take over a party that has no policy.
If the senators and representatives start talking about it, at home and on The Hill, constituents will cotton on.