What really amazes me is how set up to maintain the status quo 'murican politics is. Political parties have to be registered on every state, otherwise they don’t “exist”. Gerrymandering ensures voting districts are always drawn in favor of specific parties. Delegate votes means popular vote isn’t as important. Even fucking Brazil is more democratic by comparison.
don’t forget that the election is on a Tuesday and a lot of people can’t take a day off, and there’s serious push to limit or remove early voting.
forget brazil, a lot of countries Americans would see as “shitholes” are actually more democratic in their process. they think they have it better because they don’t have an obvious strongman on top (though that may change now, we’ll see) but the people’s will has been systematically suppressed more and more over the years. the boot of corporations has been firmly pressed on the neck of the public to make sure they can’t raise their head for long enough to breathe, let alone participate.