Message from @Dennafen
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I've voted Republican. Did so last month for governor.
@Dugamar you mention that the βone man, one voteβ system leads to two party system. I disagree. It is all about the number of seats in an electoral district. This is the norm in e.g. USA and UK. Where you can only elect one representative in each district. In my country each district elect 8 seats in parliament, still with βone man, one voteβ. This have resulted in a multitude of parties getting elected.
So the top 8 vote getters in that district get elected?
Yes
How many districts are there?
22 districts and the former colonies each send two representatives
Greenland and Faeroe Islands
I dunno that you could split the US like that
@oprahsminge That's an oversimplification of what they want, technically we all fuck animals, as humans are just as much of an animal as a dog, a sheep, or a shark.
And the alternative would be heavy government bloating
I am becoming quite fond of a 1/2/3 vote
Ranked voting?
Yes
Maybe, I just think we need to get rid of the federal government overrides.
We have an issue here in BC where NDP and Liberals trade off dominance because voting for Cons/Greens/etc means that "the other side wins"
So we'll get liberals making a dumb decision or 10 and then because nobody wants the NDP they'll get in the next 2 times as well. Once you hit fucks given spillover then the NDP gets a turn
It's a really bad setup
I think we'd get some DSA, and even some NSM members with that system though.
ranked voting.
Maybe. But is the honest solution to just shove that shit under the rug and pretend it isn't there?
Sunlight is the best disinfectant
Oh I'd want that as well
It's too late for that though.
But to the extend that abusable power is necessarily within the purview of government, I'd like one that is a little more representative at the very least
I am of the perception that gerrymandering would be a thing of the past if the US joined 10 electoral districts into 1 large district with ten seats.
I'll worry about more representative government when we get our 4th and 5th amendment rights back.
I'm not seeing how you keep regional representation intact, @4AM_critter π
I'm okay with that too.
Once you give the federal government power it's almost impossible to have them release it.
I assume a region that would elect 1 seat would still manage to elect that seat. but they get help from other regions.
I just think about California, where all those red areas are outnumbered by like 1 city
that 1 city would no longer be able to rule over those red areas, since i think 4Am is suggesting more seats than before
to allow more parties to get some power
Right and how do you determine who gets those seats? Bulk votes, no?
If we went by vote by county Trump's landslide would have been insane
Senators shouldn't be voted on.
That'd be nice.
uhhhh
why?
They're not representatives of the people.