Who Should Run For President on the Democratic Side?

[Ljink96]

HylianSwordsman said:

Ljink96 said:

Anybody but Hillary Clinton. Beto and Bernie are good choices. I could see down the road, not 2020 but Richard Ojeda possibly in the future. They need to really restructure the electoral college to give power back to the people. The midterms are vote based, I don't see why for the president our votes are only pawns that choose electors who will go on to vote for either D or R (and don't have to be held accountable to vote either way). I just think it's broken. Winning the popular vote is nothing to sneeze at.

Ojeda won't work. He's a great guy, but he'd be much better for Dem Governor or Senator for WV than for President. He can't represent the whole party because he's too pro-coal. Great for a WV Dem, bad for a national Dem, especially since climate change will only get worse, and coal is on its way out due to market forces alone. 

As for President by popular vote, it's not impossible. Check out the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Yeah, that's one thing that I don't agree with him on. We've gotta move away from coal. I understand that's what he grew up respecting but I can't support that.

Last edited by Ljink96 - on 10 November 2018