So what can we do to make sure someone like Trump never becomes President again?

[AlexBasch]

I'm just relieved that Kanye West clown didn't have a bigger effect in the election. Every vote counts and imagine if he could have run on a nation-wide platform. I'm pretty sure there could have been tens of thousands of idiots who vote "for the memes" and we could be telling a different story today.

That shit has to stop.

 

[Bebpo]

Fairness doctrine + Voting Rights Act + get rid of Gerrymandering.

Hold lies accountable and let everyone vote. The majority of America are good people.

 

[leder]

build community and solidarity

take over state legislatures

vastly improve democratic messaging

voter outreach and a 50 state strategy

stop reposting political commentary from a very stupid videogame as if its profound

 

[Leemo]

They've all been said in some form but...

- Regulate the media (Fox News couldn't exist here in the UK for example, in its current form)
- Regulate the socials and sort out the cesspools that are Facebook and Twitter
- Get rid of the EC

A bonus would be to invest in education, make it so nonsense like that Q Anon bullshit would never take hold.

 

[SteveWinwood]

education first and foremost

it could fix all the other problems down the road

 

[Deleted member 35509]

Electoral college has to go. It's been long enough, the people know it's a scam. I'm hoping Biden can somehow work towards removing it.

 

[Deleted member 4179]

Get rid of the EC and gerrymandering

 

[Sargerus]

Get rid of Electoral Collage and make voting obligatory. For starters.

 

[Spacejaws]

A bonus would be to invest in education, make it so nonsense like that Q Anon bullshit would never take hold.

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Uh I don't think this should be a bonus...this should be a top priority always...just making it so your shit bird candidate can't get elected isn't going to stop nutcases from believing and following them.

The other points you said are definetly important but I don't think it's an anomaly that the outrageous, anti-science, racist TV/Twitter personality was able to win an election in a country with some of the worst education stats in the world.
Pretty sure a large amount of poorly educated, non-critical thinkers digesting nothing but TV that skews to their thinking and social media being raised by the uneducated patriotic idiots before them could easily vote in a charlatan again.

 

[CountAntonio]

Focus on education

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This is the big one.

 

[Deleted member 62221]

At this moment I see a lot of Trump supporters and right wingers from my country saying that Biden will start a new war in Middle East.

I think if you don't want a new Trump you could help by stopping this narrative. Don't let hawks get a voice among the democrats.

 

[a916]

Fix voting rights/gerrymandering (netiher of which will happen since the Senate might be Republican and they get to draw lines coming up), fix the broken education system that's allowed so many people to be duped by a pathological liar and conspiracy theories and hold social media accountable for dangerously misleading conspiracy theories. Education alone will help a lot, but it's not going to help with Trump's older white base.

 

[maxxpower]

Education doesn't fix racism. How many educated white people voted for Trump?

 

[Robin]

- Abolish the electoral college
- Implement rank choice voting across the board
- A mandate to eradicate gerrymandering
- widespread education reform with a focus on true equity
- pack the courts

 

[Deleted member 6173]

Make it so that any fool can't run

 

[CannonBallBob]

Vote.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

Burn the Electoral College.

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This and allow vote by mail nationally (I understand that States control this). The reason Biden won is because the GOP found it harder to do their usual disenfranchisement fuckery this time around, more people had a voice and the results reflected that

 

[Giga Man]

Abolish the EC

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This. The electoral college gave us two presidents in the current century that the people didn't ask for. It needs to go.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Ban religion.

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No. Tax religion the moment they involve themselves in politics.

 

[CDX]

The Biden Administration will not be able to pass any laws if the Republicans still retain control of the Senate. Just like what happened to Obama for 6 years.

The 2020 elections aren't over yet. We have to win Georgia's 2 Senate seats in the runoff election January 5th 2021. As much as people all across the nation donated time, or money, we must continue to do so for Georgia's Senate runoff.

Without the Senate, and the ability to pass laws, we may have to limit this discussion to what can be accomplished with temporary executive orders that could be overturned by the next President.

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

Getting rid of the Electoral College would be the go to move but that won't happen anytime soon if ever.

Next big thing would be to expand on voting rights and getting rid of gerrymandering and stop voter suppression. Also try to be more than just "not as bad as the other candidate".

Focusing on education would definitely help, there also should be major focus on stopping the spreading of false information on social media.

While it's true that republicans do better with non educated people, I'm sure we all know plenty of educated people who where perfectly cool with Trump.

 

[Advance.Wars.Sgt.]

Scrap the Constitution and start over with a new one.

Those who honestly believe the US and Trump have only recently started flirtations with fascism reveal themselves as being ignorant of US history. Fact of the matter is fascism by way of white supremacy is already interwoven into the very DNA of our current government. Until you put out the source, it's only a matter of "when" we'll see the next Trump (who in turn, was only a follow-up to Reagan, who was a follow-up to Nixon, etc.), not "if".

 

[Spacejaws]

Education doesn't fix racism. How many educated white people voted for Trump?

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Just because your have a degree doesn't mean your education is instilling values and principles.

It's less about just having people pass tests. Education should include shaping morals and perspectives on the world. I am not sure the US system gets that right. Even reciting the decleration of independence like it's a religious text sounds like a gateway to xenophobia.

Obviously that doesn't fix all racism in the US, but education and open exposure to other cultures in formative years I think could make a difference in some places.

 

[Shig]

Ban religion.

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Nice sentiment, but ain't happening.

Dems need to do more outreach with religious orgs, if anything. Anyone with any ability to judge character at all knows that Trump is a giant loogie in the face of "Christian values", yet he pays the tiniest bit of lip service and has evangelicals eating from his hand. It really, really shouldn't be hard for politicians with actual empathy and compassion to make a far better case for themselves and their party as much better representatives of these supposed values than a dude that openly cheated on three wives and teargassed people to take a photo with a bible.

I'd like for us not to have to do that and for the seperation of church and state to be respected, of course, but you gotta play the game with the nation we've got, not the one we wish we had. Religion has way too strong a hold on too many Americans for a party to broadly try to avoid the subject. The more we keep direct engagement of the religious at arm's length, the more it plays into their narrative that liberals are godless heathens.

 

[Brandson]

Options:

1) elect Presidents by popular vote instead of EC
2) win the Senate, fix gerrymandering, and add DC and Puerto Rico as States, so gerrymandering can't come back
3) eliminate the Senate entirely

 

[maxxpower]

Just because your have a degree doesn't mean your education is instilling values and principles.

It's less about just having people pass tests. Education should include shaping morals and perspectives on the world. I am not sure the US system gets that right. Even reciting the decleration of independence like it's a religious text sounds like a gateway to xenophobia.

Obviously that doesn't fix all racism in the US, but education and open exposure to other cultures in formative years I think could make a difference in some places.

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Yeah our education is garbage. Standardized testing is the worst idea ever.

 

[chimpsteaks]

For starters we need to tighten up our election security laws and make sure foreign interference can't be done so easily

 

[kubev]

Can we perhaps make a law so that whoever runs for President needs to have served a minimum term in public office so that a fucking reality show host can't make it to the White House.

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Honestly, while I never personally supported Trump, I did look at his victory as potential for all sorts of other people to potentially campaign for President. I mean, as long as you get someone who understands the point to appointing the right people to his/her cabinet, I don't see why we couldn't have people from all walks of life campaigning. I wouldn't mind having environmentalists, scientists and all sorts of other people who are very relevant to the state of the world running for office.

 

[MrMattatee]

Figure out how to effectively regulate information provided by aggregator services that profit from individuals susceptible to confirmation bias (which is everyone). The truth doesn't matter to Facebook, Google News, etc. They just provide what they think you want to read.

 

[TheLucasLite]

Getting rid of the Electoral College is more work than it's worth, the better option is to effectively bypass it like they did in Colorado with Prop 113.

 

[Pet]

Start participating in local and community politics.

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This.

I love a lot of y'all here, but tbh I'm not getting the sense most people here do much more than angrily post on the internet and occasionally donate a few bucks.

 

[Razmos]

Education doesn't fix racism. How many educated white people voted for Trump?

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I think there needs to be a focus on education to increase peoples ability to think critically and not consume any lie and bullshit they hear like the MAGA brigade do.
How to tackle racism I'm not actually sure. Hopefully more progressive policies get pushed and the racists will just have to fucking put up with it *shrug*

 

[N.Domixis]

We need to make an example of Trump and we need to put him in jail. If we let him go free, others will do the same.

 

[808s & Villainy]

Fix voting rights, gerrymandering etc

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This is always my answer to the threads. When voting is fair conservatives don't actually have strong chances to win in most places

 

[Rirse]

Besides getting rid of the EC which is just largely been wrong for a while, please no one can run for president without previous government experience. That way nobody one like Trump or even some joke candidate like Kayne can happen again.

 

[MrMattatee]

Not a single republican would have won in the past 2 decades if it were not for the Electoral College. Tear that shit apart, it's fucking BS how some votes have more value than others, how can you call yourselves a democratic nation with such an archaic system in place.

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This could also be mitigated by expanding the electoral college.

 

[Toxi]

stop reposting political commentary from a very stupid videogame as if its profound

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Metal Gear Solid 2?

 

[Serpens007]

Focus on education. Tackle income inequality. Have a good social safety net. Fix your democracy, stop being a two party system.

FOCUS ON EDUCATION!!

 

[Gawge]

Lol, Donald Trump gets 71 Million votes and how do we stop it happening again? Tinker with the voting system.

Realise that people want change, and offer change. Trump was so bad, and messed up Covid so badly, that standing some guy who didn't campaign and tried to appear as bland as possible just about did the job. That won't work the next time someone who is an actual competent populist fascist is on the ballot.

Inspire change. Genuine change. Look at Florida voting for Trump and $15 minimum wage. Radical policies on education, healthcare, the economy and climate are not only necessary for winning future elections, but they are necessary for our survival.

 

[leder]

Metal Gear Solid 2?

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I'll allow it

 

[Daniel Westlake]

You can't. The best you can do is actually tackle the fundamental issues that exist with voting rights in this country, if you're suggesting things specifically to stop someone who is exactly like Donald Trump you're missing the point real fucking bad.

 

[Noog]

We have to do better about countering the fear mongering from the right. Fox News has done its part to corrupt our parents/grandparents' generation, but people like Ben Shapiro, Candace Owens, Steven Crowder, etc., are fear mongering to young people. I've had friends fall into the idea that if Biden won, antifa would come to rape their wife, burn down their neighborhood, and indoctrinate their children to communism.

 

[Siman shinsafe]

Vastly improve education.

 

[Strike]

Pass a whole bunch of laws, for one. Education reform. Break up and regulate social media companies. Strengthen voting rights. Actually do something about fascism and white supremacy. Make an example of Donald Trump and all the people who enabled him. Oh and push for things like, affordable healthcare, workers protection, and better wages. Stop trying to extend olive branches to corporations and bigots.

 

[Deleted member 862]

Work on moving the overton window as far left as possible while you have power with big infrastructure projects and structural changes instead of pandering to racist and handing out corporate welfare.

 

[Man with Knife]

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[Exellus]

By VOTING. Every election. By talking with your peers about the importance of voting. By calling out BULLSHIT the moment you see it.

By being ever aware, and continue to participate in our democracy.

Don't stop now. This is the beginning, not the end.

 

[mrmickfran]

Abolish the EC

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My vote felt like a waste in Florida. I understand that the popular vote is important as well, but that's not what led to the Biden's presidency

 

[Furio]

bring back fairness doctrine
focus on education
make voting easier for everyone
get rid of citizens united

 

[Neo C.]

Focus on education

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Long term, this is the only real solution.

Short term, make some requirements for presidency official instead of gentlemen's agreements. Never in my life I could understand how someone with such a shady background can run be nominated.