All I know is the Fediverse community will be disappointed by anyone picked. I’ve read bad things about everyone in contention here. People also have their favorites, but not a single candidate is ideologically pure enough.
Hopefully people will still vote even though the Democrats will once again fail to elevate a perfect person that agrees with the policy preferences of every reader here who dislikes Trump and Vance.
Once there is ranked choice voting, we’ll finally get the perfect candidate elected. Until then, we may have to compromise.
Mark Kelly is super moderate - that’s the only negative thing about him as far as I know. It’s possible his moderation was more about being elected in AZ and he might be free to be more left-leaning if he were on a national stage, but that’s like… not usually how it goes.
For Pete, it’s more of an “electibility” question - whether him being a gay man would turn off some voters? I would love to think we’re passed that on the left, but it’s an untested assumption.
And just to be clear, Pete and Mark are actually my top picks for VP, on a personal level. I’m just playing Trump’s advocate for the sake of discussion.
It’s low hanging fruit to find one thing bad said about anybody, but these are the impressions I have gotten. Hell, a lot of people were against Harris before Biden stepped down. Seems the latter leaving made her more palatable.
People really do seem to love Walz because he’s a progressive. People really seem to hate Shapiro because of Gaza.
All I know is the Fediverse community will be disappointed by anyone picked. I’ve read bad things about everyone in contention here. People also have their favorites, but not a single candidate is ideologically pure enough.
Hopefully people will still vote even though the Democrats will once again fail to elevate a perfect person that agrees with the policy preferences of every reader here who dislikes Trump and Vance.
Once there is ranked choice voting, we’ll finally get the perfect candidate elected. Until then, we may have to compromise.
You’re ready bad things about Pete Buttigieg and Mark Kelly? Hell, seems everyone LOVES Tim Walz as well.
Please, spill on these horrible things you’ve heard about these people, because I’ve heard none.
Mark Kelly is super moderate - that’s the only negative thing about him as far as I know. It’s possible his moderation was more about being elected in AZ and he might be free to be more left-leaning if he were on a national stage, but that’s like… not usually how it goes.
For Pete, it’s more of an “electibility” question - whether him being a gay man would turn off some voters? I would love to think we’re passed that on the left, but it’s an untested assumption.
And just to be clear, Pete and Mark are actually my top picks for VP, on a personal level. I’m just playing Trump’s advocate for the sake of discussion.
It’s low hanging fruit to find one thing bad said about anybody, but these are the impressions I have gotten. Hell, a lot of people were against Harris before Biden stepped down. Seems the latter leaving made her more palatable.
People really do seem to love Walz because he’s a progressive. People really seem to hate Shapiro because of Gaza.
Kelly: https://lemm.ee/comment/13665163 Buttigieg: https://lemmy.world/comment/11519184
Edit to add this timely story which includes UAW criticizing Kelly: https://apnews.com/article/harris-vp-shapiro-kelly-walz-beshear-pritzker-be228f0efdb87954769232a4fb0f4362
I don’t compromise on genocide.