• BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    That only works if truly nobody is “backed” by a larger organization. Taking away party affiliation just makes it harder to identify where a candidates loyalties lie.

      • ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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        2 hours ago

        Nice thought but literally impossible. Everyone has loyalties to something.

        And people already can’t be bothered to know what the stances in major issues between the two main parties are, you really expect the average voter to research random individuals?

        Have you ever tried looking up info in those local school board candidates? Half of them don’t have anything online at all. Still, despite how easy it is to make a website