It’s 2024 and time we do this. nostr:note1y3aam5advtr300ykzr6l5wpj0wldqcydhum6maelcplj7v8ncdjq6xfhrh
Discussion
Best propaganda wins?
Maybe mix it up even more?
National primary with all candidates & independents. Ranked choice voting. Maybe two rounds to help whittle it down? Top two on the final ballot, regardless of party.
This has the potential to completely upend the two party system.
Imagine how RFK Jr might have fared in a national primary where voters could have ranked him first, then Trump or Biden second, instead of feeling party or “electability” pressure to pick one of the latter two. Same goes for any other charismatic independent or third party candidate.
Dems should have been pushing for this since the 2000 election. 🥴
No. The cities don’t need any more say in how we run the country. They already are far too influential.
What about the idea that only net tax payers vote?
No, all citizens, 18+. Any limitation after that is a stripping of rights that leads down a historically dangerous path.
Having an uniformed, univested majority rule is far more dangerous in my opinion. Look at where it has gotten us.
Uninformed* uninvested* auto corrects to wrong words 💀
So you want to amplify our current oligarchy?
Our current oligarchy exist and has gotten progressively worse under our current system
Having only net tax payers vote would skew elections towards less federal spending, less taxes, and smaller government
Which inevitability gives big government and the big corporations it is in bed with less influence over your life
Hard no. States with large city populations would have more power than states with more rural areas. Our rural areas and farmers are just as important as our urban centers. People frequently don’t fully understand the issues facing people in different circumstances. The electoral college helps maintain equal representation on a federal level. Discontinuing the electoral college seems like as bad of an idea as the legislature ceding power to the executive branch because Congress couldn’t pass what they wanted passed. Each party has done it while their guy was in office. Now we’re stuck with an unbalanced triangle of power.
That’s why rural areas and states with barely any people still have two senators.
Should we rebalance that, instead?
Electoral college seems like an outdated idea to me.
Courts will and should still uphold laws and constitution. Every community still has their representation in house and senate.
I’m only talking about executive branch here.
Not happening but good idea 🤷♂️