.@cshirky on the reality of a first-past-the-post winner-takes-all system (US) vs. pretense. https://medium.com/@cshirky/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-protest-vote-c2fdacabd704# …pic.twitter.com/TudrOLqu7Z
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This would be excellent; would make the House more representative—and is doable. Trick: vote in non-Pres elections.https://twitter.com/IDreamOnDemand/status/762686697154818048 …
Another, far easier, improvement would be the Nat'l Popular Vote. Although that wldn't have prevented Trump. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact …
@nahumshalman Easier step one, work with your state to change to proportional alloc. of electoral votes. Parties would hate it tho.
@nahumshalman Prop. alloc. means there are abt. 17 GOP votes in CA (= OH) and 15 DEM in TX, (=NC).
@nahumshalman But if you think the dom. party in either state give that up in the name of democracy, you live in a diff. USA than I
From what I've seen in the primaries, the 2 parties are weaker than they've ever been.
I think this would just require a federal law. I thought the Constitution didn't say anything specific about how citizens vote
Can't just pass a law. Constitution sets up the first-past-the post electoral system. You'd need to amend the constitution...
@nahumshalman nah. The problem: new parties will pop up extreme fringes, not the middle. We need more moderation.
@nahumshalman we don't what the majority wants and we don't know what the plurality wants. This is risky.
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