Finally. Mic muting needed to be implemented decades ago. The unruly assholes who keep talking past their time going back years is why I never watch debates.
That and because it’s mostly fluffy b******* answers.
It’ll have the same problems, but yeah, I’m excited for mic muting.
I wish third parties were invited, but the 15% polling requirement is going to kill that, like usual.
Trumps meltdown again is gonna be glorious.
I wonder what the “oh will you just shut up, man”. Moment will be this time.
Probably Biden asking how Trump is qualified to be president since he’s done the sedition/treason thing.
Honestly if that’s even brought up, I will be amazed.
I sick and tired of people softballing questions at politicians, and even when they do lob a mildly difficult question, they never follow up or press when it’s immediately dismissed.
The debates are there for political points not to actually debate right?
When the mute button is pushed they should sound a loud buzzer and a red flasher like on Family Feud.
Or just like, a light, or something visible. Or the moderator saying it.
I’d find it weird if the campaigns said “Yeah let’s just make it completely invisible to both the candidates and audience”
Ugh, needs more third parties
We’ve got 4 years to work on that. We have to hammer the primaries and the mid terms and get more people active in trying to get STAR voting or ranked choice, or pretty much anything except FPTP.
Canvas for your dog catcher and every other piddly position that gets elected. Don’t wait to fall in love. Vote for the furthest left that can win any given election and keep pushing left.
I’m strongly considering running for my state House or Senate seat, since neither is contested in my district. I’ll need help canvassing for signatures, but hopefully it gets people to notice third parties.
My platform is basically:
- any alternative to FPTP (prefer STAR or approval) - we tried RCV, and that didn’t seem to go anywhere, but at least people have heard of it
- anti-war - includes foreign aid to aggressors like Israel
- pro-immigration - I like the idea of citizens vouching for immigrants, and being responsible for any crimes they commit instead of the current quota system
- anti-censorship in any form
- pro-privacy
- strict fiscal conservative - no unfunded liabilities, no deficits
- anti-monopolies
I have opinions on the rest of the common issues, but I’m willing to budge on most of them to get a nomination.
I’m registered Libertarian, but I’m willing to run on any ticket that’ll help me get signatures. I don’t expect (or even want) to win, I just hate uncontested seats.
If you’re in a similar area, I highly recommend you do likewise.
Where is it you’ve tried RCV? We have it at the state level in Maine and it seems to me to work pretty well.
receive at least 15% in four separate national polls of registered or likely voters that meet CNN’s standards for reporting
Ugh, this nonsense again? How are people supposed to get there without the media coverage something like a national debate would provide?
I like the rest of the rules, but I did notice they didn’t mention Oliver Chase, the Libertarian Party candidate. I doubt he’d get to the 15% mark, but he meets the rest of the requirements.
I’d love to see a 5-way debate. More than that seems a bit much, but for an early debate, it can really give voters an interesting set of alternative perspectives, and the two major party candidates would likely be pushed into answering some uncomfortable (read: informative for voters) questions.
I didn’t expect much, yet I’m still disappointed.
This increases my suspicion that Trump will find some bullshit excuse to chicken out.
Oh I’m sorry, I can’t attend because jail.
Please give each other the controls to mute one another. Also give the buttons a cooldown. I wanna see those fucks smashing the hell out of their buttons.
Tbh, that’s probably a really good idea and not just for the lulz.
my prediction is one canidate will be unreasonable and yell so loud you will hear him from the other mics when hes muted and then the other one will get muted at the least provocation because they have to seem fair and balanced in its use.
Can’t wait for Weird Al to host the debate, just like last time.
