PSP 2.0; is it gonna happen?
10-06-2020, 05:35 PM
#481
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Originally Posted by terks43
You do know if you want any third party to have any power what you need is the electoral college to be dismantled. Which is exactly the reason it will never be changed. The two parties that benefit from it. Both the R's and D's are the ones who would have to vote to change it. Why kill the golden goose for them. The US will never really have a third party because in order to have one the two dominate parties would have to vote against their own best interests.
Winner take all voting creates the two party system, why would the two benefitting from it ever change that?
Winner take all voting creates the two party system, why would the two benefitting from it ever change that?
10-06-2020, 07:44 PM
#486
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Originally Posted by Freighthotdog
Now Trump says he will sign the PSP...
10-06-2020, 09:07 PM
#488
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Originally Posted by Seneca Pilot
The Libertarian party is the closest thing to the intentions of the founders.
10-06-2020, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by terks43
I am 100% behind ranked choice voting, But I doubt we will ever be able to see it nationally.
10-06-2020, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
I was in Washington state for a bit. The selection of the top two in the primary ranked choice is what they have. The result is often 2 Democratic candidates in the general election, no Republican. That is not a good way to run an election, unless you want to guarantee a Democratic only election.
What you experienced there, in Washington was a "Nonpartisan blanket primary" with ranked choice voting attached. Not ranked choice voting by itself. The thing you are taking up an issue with, and rightly so if you ask me, is the nonpartisan blanket primary (NBP for short). In which all candidates are thrown into one giant pile instead of being broken down into one candidate per party first.
And I agree with you on that, however what you have to understand is the downside you are talking about is not ranked choice voting but rather NBP. Ranked choice voting, when just done by itself will never have that problem.
Last edited by terks43; 10-06-2020 at 09:49 PM.
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