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  • Random Dent@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    As a non-American, the US midterms. If the Republicans win then nothing changes, if the Democrats win they’ll probably do jack shit like they always do and Trump will just ignore them anyway so it doesn’t really matter.

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      21 hours ago

      Us elections are bizarre because the democrats could win but trump would still be president. What’s the point in potentially changing the government structure halfway through an election cycle, why do it like that?

      Just have an election and then that’s your government for the next four years. Then have another election and elect a different government or the same government.

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        It’s not really intentional to change the structure of government, just the result of 2 year terms vs 4 year terms vs 6 year terms. But yeah, like everything else it really builds on the current government dysfunction

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        Well it’s never been like this before. The election is staggered, I assume, to keep the government in check. It gives voters the chance to make corrections. But the founding fathers didn’t know that so many different portions of the government would cooperate. In short, voting in new people, should change the face of the government if that is the will of the people. As it turns out, it doesn’t. So no REAL change.