alkatori t1_jef1ko2 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:20 PM

Between Meh and Good.

He veto'd a lot of bad gun control proposals, which was good.

He's blocked marijuana legalization, which is bad.

He's both distanced himself from and tried to be a part of MAGA. He released something awhile back complaining about border security, which just... isn't an issue we are concerned about at all.

Otherwise he's been a very middle of the road candidate. He's easy to vote for because you see him resisting changing much. His opponents always run on a mix bag of positive + negative changes (at least to me and most people I know).

n0v3list t1_jefh8ap wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Your sentiments are a clear indication we need an alternative to “easy to vote for”.

alkatori t1_jefj01m wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:13 PM

I would love better alternatives. Especially at the higher levels of government.

I mean this is partly why I voted for President Biden. I'm not a fan but I found the other guy to be a toxic mess.

prestigious_delay_7 t1_jef2my5 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:27 PM

I feel like the border issue is something he does for political grandstanding, but all politicians do that so I don't care. It doesn't seem like it'd be an issue that would affect me in any meaningful way so I shouldn't listen to people that make an issue about it.

I do wish he would change his stance on marijuana legalization though.

Double-Abalone7052 t1_jef4gn9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:39 PM

I actually do care if our politicians are spending time and money screeching about the Canadian border when it’s not an issue. I also care when homeland security or immigration or whoever does it starts pulling people over on 93 up there without probable cause just because it’s within 100 miles of the border. I have a huge problem with that and I don’t even drive up there it’s just wrong

prestigious_delay_7 t1_jef5hy8 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:46 PM

I agree with your stance, especially to your point about border security searching people within 100 mi of the border. But if I was looking for perfection from my politicians I will never be happy. I can easily find something to dislike about every single one of them, so I need to focus on issues that are actually important to me and northern border security is near the bottom of the list.