The two party system but also the fact that, around the world, we act like 51% is anything more statistical noise. That’s not a majority. We need to start seeing the bar as being 60-70%, 50% is way too low and results in, functionally, less than half the country being represented.
Don’t worry, in Canada our “centrist” party(read: at the moment, incredibly conservative) was elected in 2015 on that promise…and they immediately gave up on it when they learned they’d probably never win again. And then we let them get away with three other times, if I remember correctly!
The electoral college is the worse of the two defects and should be ditched first. Or subverted by the compact among states to cast their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote in each state.
The two party system but also the fact that, around the world, we act like 51% is anything more statistical noise. That’s not a majority. We need to start seeing the bar as being 60-70%, 50% is way too low and results in, functionally, less than half the country being represented.
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Don’t worry, in Canada our “centrist” party(read: at the moment, incredibly conservative) was elected in 2015 on that promise…and they immediately gave up on it when they learned they’d probably never win again. And then we let them get away with three other times, if I remember correctly!
Hurray!
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The electoral college is the worse of the two defects and should be ditched first. Or subverted by the compact among states to cast their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote in each state.