justme
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Post by justme on Jun 30, 2020 22:34:27 GMT -5
Just found out one of my faves, Hasan Minhaj, is back and his show on the problems with our political system. I'll be honest and say I haven't paid a ton of attention to all of the political stuff over the years, but this has brought up a lot of points that I didn't realize. And it sidesteps the whole electoral college. It's totally worth a watch.
The main point is that the winner take all voting system we have has not only forced the creation of only 2 parties (and therefore made it impossible to have 3 or more parties even though our founding fathers did NOT want only two parties) but has created all the negative politics. And a simple solution that we can do right now, today, is to implement ranked voting. Which Maine did.
What say you on the episode?
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 1, 2020 8:47:03 GMT -5
I didn't watch the episode, but love, love the ideas of ranked voting - especially in Primaries where you have so many choices. The good ones drown each other out and you are left with trash.
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djAdvocate
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Post by djAdvocate on Jul 1, 2020 10:09:17 GMT -5
i can back him up on the reaction to third party voting. I get it every four years.
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