It’s one thing to have differing views, but I’ve seen enough attempted reddit migrations to be relieved that the popular communities in the fediverse so far haven’t been about crazy racist stuff or other extreme right bullshit.
I am also glad that I’m getting away from reddit’s general political shitposting, which was more left leaning. You couldn’t have any proper discourse on there, and even I with my generally more left leaning views recognized that.
In a two party system like we have with very far opposed parties, going to a system where the rival party gets its person in the top spot if the president dies unwise, as it creates a very strong incentive to political assassination and means that the country can have dramatic policy swings without election in the event a president dies or has to leave office for any reason. Plus, the president and VP do have to work together to some extent and that is much more difficult if they are completely opposed to eachother.
See, I don’t think it’s likely to work out that way. I think a lot of people think we’re more divided than we are - and the President & VP will both work to their own profit before their party line (hopefully), and that should lead to cooperation. Granted, it’s cooperation that screws the little guy, but there’s at least a hope of visible bipartisanship.