Problem is, people vote for them :(
Beyond the top of the list they have so few viewers, subscribers, likes and followers that it doesn't account for direct family. It means not even journalists bother to watch a video or read a post let alone read the election program. Usually there is a single news article about a person without much if any coverage of the program.
People love to pretend their circular argument is not a fallacy.
Plenty of people would bother to look at other candidates if they got a lot more attention and a lot more votes. Someone will have to start voting for them before that will happen.
This someone is you.
If you refuse to vote for a candidate that has no chance to win they wont have a chance next time. One extra voice or vote is actually a big deal for them.
The search engines are full of articles about "most significant candidates"
If you look at this list here,
https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_registered_2024_presidential...
You cant say "It’s not like any of the choices are great."
Correct would be to say: No one in the whole world has any idea what the other choices are.
In the US there is a special kind of war to even get on the ballot.
https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_registered_2024_presidential...
You can help gather signatures, promote write in candidates.
I just imagined all those countless election programs should be loaded into some LLM, make it question the humans and point them to the text that fits them best.
edit:
Ill do one from the top of the list:
Aaron Avouris Libertarian Party
this him?
https://www.facebook.com/aaronavouris
278 friends
https://www.youtube.com/user/aaronavouris
2 subscribers?
https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00015297/
lol?
edit2:
Because I cant help myself:
vote Afroman