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65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Until we get rid of the two party system and first past the post results, the electoral college is as good as anything else. It's the underlying elections process that's flawed.

[–] CoffeeAddict@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't think getting rid of the two-party system is going to help as much as people think it will. While I think it would help a little, the Democrats and Republicans are more-or-less de facto coalition parties; if we had more viable parties, there would still be conservative and liberal coalitions.

As for the electoral college, I think it needs to go because it is a hugely flawed part of the US (presidential) elections process. Its problems are that it is (1) winner takes all, (2) not truly proportional to the population, (3) creates the “red-state” vs “blue-state” vs “swing-state” phenomenon, and (4) discourages voters turnout, among others.

I do agree on getting rid of first-past-the-post elections. Having a ranked choice voting system is preferable because that limits the ability for extremists to get power and it helps get the candidate most people agree with elected.

Edit: clarified the last paragraph to include ranked choice

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Having a ranked choice voting system is preferable because that limits the ability for extremists to get power and it helps get the candidate most people agree with elected.

Which is why the #GOP is banning it in states like Florida. I wonder why they'd do that?