Political Dharma

I check in on what some of the alternative Presidential candidates are doing: Robert F. Kennedy's effort to win Senate confirmation to head the Dept. of Health & Human Services; and Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Socialism & Liberation Party candidate Claudia de La Cruz working together on protests for Presidential Inauguration Day. Also: Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Butch Ware running for California Governor; the results of the Alaska ranked choice voting repeal; and more. 

I interview Sara Wolk, the Executive Director of the Equal Vote Coalition, about the several open primary/ranked choice voting ballot measures that failed in the November 2024 elections. Sara explains the talking points vs. the reality of RCV elections, why voters have turned against voting method reforms this year, and the big money behind RCV. She also describes voting methods better than RCV, particularly STAR Voting. For more info on alternative voting methods, go to https://www.equal.vote For more on STAR Voting, go to https://www.starvoting.org And to help the mission of the Equal Vote Coalition, please donate at https://www.equal.vote/donate

I review the campaigns of alternative Presidential candidates such as Cornel West, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein, and Chase Oliver and draw some lessons about ways to challenge the two-party system. I also outline a new idea about how to move forward in empowering voters against an entrenched political system. 

In this video I update the election result numbers and review the overall pattern showing what happened: where previous Democratic votes went and where new Republican votes came from. I also consider and try to answer three questions: (1) Did Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s suspension of his campaign and endorsement of Trump cause Trump's win?, (2) What caused the big bump in votes for Biden in 2020?, and (3) did someone rig the vote so Jill Stein, RFK and Chase Oliver all got about .4% of the vote?

I take a second look at the election results using the vote totals for each candidate and comparing the 2024 election to the last few Presidential elections. This gave me a different story about Trump's victory, the Democrats loss, the role of RFK in the election, and how the Libertarian and Green Parties are doing over time. 

I discuss the Presidential election, how the independent and minor party candidates did, and why I think Donald Trump won. I also give the results of ballot measures in several states to change voting methods such as with open primaries and ranked choice voting.

Presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz of the Party of Socialism and Liberation has entered into agreements with both independent candidate Cornel West and Jill Stein of the Green Party to cooperate in helping each other's campaigns. I talk about their agreement and what it may mean for future challenges to the two major parties.

I give updates on alternative Presidential candidates such as former candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver, including court cases involving ballot access, RFK's future role in a Trump administration, and polling showing the candidates' likely support among voters. I also reveal what Donald Trump's "little secret" with House Speaker Mike Johnson is.

I talk about the fear, anger and confusion surrounding this election season and how I understand it from my own spiritual perspective. My discussion includes counter-acting fear, anger, and division; what spirituality means to me; the background of my own views on spirituality and politics; and how I understand politics and political activism.

What to watch for in the upcoming election results: how the major party coalitions will be affected; what percent of the vote candidates such as Jill Stein, Chase Oliver and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are able to get; and how voting method reform initiatives do in several states.