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‘I am not done’: Kamala Harris says she may run for president again (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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Kamala Harris says she is not done with politics and strongly suggested that she is considering another bid for president in a new interview.

In an interview scheduled to air on the BBC on Sunday morning, Harris says that she would “possibly” be the next president, making the clearest suggestion to date that she will make another run for the White House in 2028 despite lagging far behind in the polls.

Harris insisted that she had not yet made a decision, but that she was confident that there will eventually be a woman in the White House and her political career is not over.

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States

I count 24 active leftist parties.

Several states have ranked choice voting at the state and federal elections level, but forcing the rest of the states to adopt it would likely require a constitutional amendment.

This is currently the best effort towards fixing the electoral college mess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

But none of this works if we never have another election.

So, 24 leftist parties and 50 state ranked choice is never going to happen. Now what? Should we make a 25th party?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Cool, which of them have a name like Bernie Sanders?

Nobody's knows shit about those tiny parties. Americans follow idols and figureheads. Sadly, name recognition goes way further than it should.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

25th party it is then.

Good points though, what's the plan for making this 25th party THE leftist party all the other leftists join instead of the other 24? How do you promote leftist unity?