The Conservative wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 3:30 pm
You won't get it with the Democrats in power, they are the reason for the two party system, and now they are trying to make it into a one party...
That is why I have been entertaining ideas that would likely lead to greater 3rd party influence.
This why I've taken towards approval voting where you vote for every candidate you approve of. This results in no downside to voting for a third party candidate as you can also vote for an established candidate. Unlike ranked choice you can't just ignore the 3rd party votes that got knocked off in order to give someone 50+% of the vote.
Then I also think because there is no way to legally eliminate parties it is better to embrace them, and use a proportional representation in the House. So instead of breaking up a state into districts you instead have each party provide a list of candidates, then people vote based on party instead of candidates. So if a state had 10 representatives if 50% vote for party A the first 5 seats would go to the top 5 candidates from party A, then party B gets 40% of the vote so the next 4 seats go to the top 4 candidates from party B, finally party C gets 10% of the vote so the final seat goes to the top candidate from party C. I think this style of voting would eventually cause us to have more than just 3 parties with some amount of representation in Congress. That could eventually result in issues when electing the president, but I think that could be fixed with using a runoff system.
This exacerbates any problems moreso than it solves anything. States are too large for this shit. Rural vs cities. Just look at my state Philadelphia and couple from Pittsburgh will just fill up one list (dems) and all others will have to fight over getting votes from other areas. Political parties 3rd or otherwise ain't where it's at man. It's interest groups. How many seats do you an Aminal rights would win? But how much money and attention does PETA recieve? It would take about 25 years of that system to sink in and be accepted and in this partisan environment (if my guy doesn't win, it was rigged) that's not going to fly. 3rd parties would also need that time to be accepted the threshold should be high. 10% at least.
Zlaxer wrote: Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:42 pm
SCOTUS gives Trump POTUS and Congress goes full DNC and impeaches him paving way for Emperor Pence.
SCOTUS denied cert. That avenue is closed.
They’re court of first impression - there’s no appeal to deny.
They didn't stop the case, they just refused an injunction to stop the certification... That doesn't mean they couldn't after rule that the election was tainted by fraud and overturn the election results in PA. How that would play out after, who knows...
"People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome."
How much do you want to bet both those GA seats go blue? Massive fraud incoming and I bet a lot of Republicans stay home because they feel it’s rigged.