frigidweirdo
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I'm really not convinced that Hillary would have been better. I'll take this over a corporatist war mongering Wall Street shill.
Wouldn't it be better to have a system that didn't lead to two choices, both of them bad?
Yes, let's do something to change it.
Proportional Representation.
In Germany they have a choice between six viable parties.
Traditional left, traditional right, center right, further right, further left and environmental left.
Not only this, no one party gets to control everything.
With FPTP the CDU/CSU gained 37% of the vote and 77% of the seats. However with PR they gained 33% of the vote and 34% of the seats.
Much fairer, leads to better politics, leads to individuals having the representatives of their choice.
Bad idea.
I'm willing to bet you live in a big city.
It's not a bad idea. Also, I don't support Republicans or Democrats and have never voted for either.
I'm willing to bet you don't understand this system.
Let's take the present system.
Presidential election.
Only 12 states get to decide the result of the election. 12. Not 50. 12.
Many people don't get to vote for who they'd like to vote for. They get a choice of two. It's a negative voting system.
Smaller states, smaller rural states, don't make a difference. If you live in a smaller state like Wyoming, fuck you, your vote hardly counts.
Presidential candidates don't care about your state, they don't spend money on your state, they don't care about your state.
Republicans know Wyoming is in their pocket. Democrats know they don't stand a chance. Fuck Wyoming.
With House elections, gerrymandering is a massive problem. It doesn't represent the country and people vote negatively, so third parties are screwed over.
With PR, EVERYBODY'S vote counts.
Why are you afraid of everyone's vote counting?
Wait, you're afraid that the Republicans will lose their massive superiority. Democrats need 3 million more votes than 50/50 to win. Republicans need 3 million less votes to win.
I see, not interested in Democracy, just interested in getting what you want.