gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 13 hours ago'Deep sense of outrage and betrayal': House Democrats react to Schumer announcement that he will vote for Republican spending planwww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 hours agoIn their infinite wisdom our forefathers gave us a winner take all system, and when you only have one winner you get a two party system or minority rule. It’s just maths.
minus-squareRuthalas@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 hours agoRanked choice voting would certainly help.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 hours agoNo doubt, but it would require a huge effort across all fifty states and has already failed a bunch of times. I’ll be dead before we have ranked choice voting. And I’m not even that old.
In their infinite wisdom our forefathers gave us a winner take all system, and when you only have one winner you get a two party system or minority rule. It’s just maths.
Ranked choice voting would certainly help.
No doubt, but it would require a huge effort across all fifty states and has already failed a bunch of times.
I’ll be dead before we have ranked choice voting. And I’m not even that old.