In a democratic society, one of the fundamental rights of citizenship is the ability to vote freely for the candidate of our choice.

Many may feel they have no genuine choice but to support a candidate they don’t fully believe in, fearing that backing the other choice will cost them socially or professionally. The result is an erosion of one of democracy’s core values: the free and open right to choose.

  • FlowVoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Many may feel they have no genuine choice but to support a candidate they don’t fully believe in

    Greetings, first time voter.

    Don’t stress out too much, what you’re feeling is normal. If you need support, ask any Democrat who voted in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2016 …

  • StopObscurantism@lemmy.ca
    2·
    1 year ago

    This all happens because there are no penalties for spreading blatant lies in election campaigns. And there are no penalties for not fulfilling election promises. If each promise was given as a personal guarantee of the candidate’s assets and property - the situation would be quite different.