cali?

It's worse than "family values" at the height of the 90s

NY.

so i wonder where chicago will go now

bankrupt?

well in relation to their mayor

because whats his name said he wont seek reelection

Like my districts Dem candidate IS worth voting for (so far), they dont seem to be using ID Pol, they are born and raised in the area, have military experience (although i dont think that matters to much personally), theyve shown no signs of corruption, and seem to be principled. I plan to meet them soon so I will find out more. The Repub on the other hand has some corruption issues last i heard and unfairly aided in getting a third party candidate on the ballot, if said candidate did so on their own I wouldnt have a problem but because the Repub essentially helped I dont have much trust in them.

its all about whos best for the job

just know that ppl lie

yea ultimately

IDK. I've come to suspect that most politicians these days don't really matter that much individually.

They tend to just yield to the party when push comes to shove, particularly in the Democrats where the party has more levers of contorl.

its more the parties and the elites that tend to be the problem imo

Can agree a bit there.

well i worry that most say one thing then get in and do the completely opposite

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ye thats a legitimate fear

especially nowadays

like as much as i think some of Bernies policies reek of socialism, he is at least principled

and sticks to them whenever possible

Perhaps. My concern at the end off the day is hard policy.

I don't like Sanders that much. I think he'd push very shortsighted socialist policies.

But Sanders is a has-been at this point.

The biggest issue i see with both parties and voters is the desire for instant results

thats why short term solutions are more frequent

I think it's that fundamentally, we tend to be voting on things in massive bundles and there's alot of stuff that the government just shouldn't be getting into in the first place. So they tend to do things poorly.

Some stuff should just be left to the states

You can't really be too selective on the core issues. Particularly when the parties are so uniform.

Agreed. Most stuff, in fact.

the problem with this is when nothing is consistent

ie gun laws

People willl always make that complaint though.

my biggest gripe with gun laws is that they have little consistency between states

It's a way of imposing will.

Yeah, but would you want your laws dictated by someone really far away with very different values than you?

Like i mentioned previously regarding the environment, i think the government should provide basic standards at the least

Congress is elected the way it is for a reason

they might be more detached than our state reps/senators, etc. but the voters put them there