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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016

      .@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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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      US electoral system *is* open in a lot of places *if* people want to do the work: local and state races, and crucially primaries.

      2 replies 5 retweets 17 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      This structure is built into the constitution; you'd literally need to find a way to amend the constitution (2/3 of states) to change this.

      3 replies 1 retweet 9 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      There REALLY is an enormous amount of work, really good work, to be done if people want change: local and state races are barely contested.

      2 replies 13 retweets 20 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      In a "winner takes the very powerful executive, loser gets nothing, nada" system, you can't use "parliamentary voting" strategies.

      4 replies 8 retweets 21 likes
    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      From Tea Party to Sanders etc. primary challenges, to Koch brothers funding a billion $ on local/state races, tactical path is pretty clear.

      3 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
      Replying to @zeynep

      You may not care. Meanwhile, I worry about the safety of a little refugee girl I taught how to bike yesterday. Trump calls them "snakes".

      1 reply 11 retweets 26 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nahum Shalman

      I'm down. This requires a constitutional amendment. 2/3 in House & Senate, 2/3 of state legislatures. Start there.https://twitter.com/nahumshalman/status/762684133747326976 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Nahum Shalman @nahumshalman
      Step 1: Vote meaningfully. Step 2: Move the country way from 1st-past-the-post voting. Step 2 will not be quick. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/762681619161513985 …
      9:23 AM - 8 Aug 2016
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
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          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Annissa (semi-hiatus)  💛 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ 🦹

          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 …

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          Annissa (semi-hiatus)  💛 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ 🦹 @thisniss
          This was exactly what I was going to say. First step is getting non-partisan districting in all 50 states.
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        1. Nick Kocharhook team Moderna  🚀‏ @k9 8 Aug 2016
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          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 …

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        1. Stan Oklobdzija‏ @stan_okl 8 Aug 2016
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          @nahumshalman Easier step one, work with your state to change to proportional alloc. of electoral votes. Parties would hate it tho.

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        1. Stan Oklobdzija‏ @stan_okl 8 Aug 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          @nahumshalman Prop. alloc. means there are abt. 17 GOP votes in CA (= OH) and 15 DEM in TX, (=NC).

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        2. Stan Oklobdzija‏ @stan_okl 8 Aug 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          @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

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        3. Nahum Shalman‏ @nahumshalman 8 Aug 2016
          Replying to @stan_okl @StanfromSD @zeynep

          From what I've seen in the primaries, the 2 parties are weaker than they've ever been.

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        2. Bill Marczak‏ @billmarczak 8 Aug 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          I think this would just require a federal law. I thought the Constitution didn't say anything specific about how citizens vote

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Aug 2016
          Replying to @billmarczak

          Can't just pass a law. Constitution sets up the first-past-the post electoral system. You'd need to amend the constitution...

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        1. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 8 Aug 2016
          Replying to @zeynep

          @nahumshalman nah. The problem: new parties will pop up extreme fringes, not the middle. We need more moderation.

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        1. Nick Walker‏ @nw3 8 Aug 2016
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          @nahumshalman we don't what the majority wants and we don't know what the plurality wants. This is risky.

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