Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:49 pm
Tbf, every political system could be called shit. Politics is more or less squabbling over what’s the least shit.
Because sometimes even national leaders just want to hang out
https://forum.nationstates.net/
Saiwania wrote:The poll is biased. There's a please explain for no but not so for yes. Hinting that people should vote yes. Fortunately this isn't decided by polls like this. The people that want the electoral college gone effectively want just the big urban areas like Los Angeles county to decide every election as opposed to the 50 states, and overlook that the majority of the time, the electoral college matches the popular vote anyways. So it isn't broken.
Saiwania wrote:The poll is biased. There's a please explain for no but not so for yes. Hinting that people should vote yes. Fortunately this isn't decided by polls like this. The people that want the electoral college gone effectively want just the big urban areas like Los Angeles county to decide every election as opposed to the 50 states, and overlook that the majority of the time, the electoral college matches the popular vote anyways. So it isn't broken.
Bread Herbert wrote:Saiwania wrote:The poll is biased. There's a please explain for no but not so for yes. Hinting that people should vote yes. Fortunately this isn't decided by polls like this. The people that want the electoral college gone effectively want just the big urban areas like Los Angeles county to decide every election as opposed to the 50 states, and overlook that the majority of the time, the electoral college matches the popular vote anyways. So it isn't broken.
They don't always match and most Americans live in urban areas.
Kowani wrote:Saiwania wrote:The poll is biased. There's a please explain for no but not so for yes. Hinting that people should vote yes. Fortunately this isn't decided by polls like this. The people that want the electoral college gone effectively want just the big urban areas like Los Angeles county to decide every election as opposed to the 50 states, and overlook that the majority of the time, the electoral college matches the popular vote anyways. So it isn't broken.
This meme again?Ors Might wrote:That’s kind of what “lost the popular vote in every single presidential election” implies.
Perhaps they should get better policies.
Pacomia wrote:Ors Might wrote:I’m gonna regret the shit show this line of discussion will evolve into but fuck it.
So what if they do?
If more people want a candidate, that candidate is elected. It ain’t the city-dwellers’ fault that there aren’t many people in rural Oklahoma. Of course, some of this could conceivably be fixed by switching to ranked voting and moving away from a two-party system.
Anyway, if there’s more people in urban areas than in rural areas, they should get more representation. A person shouldn’t have more voting power than someone else just because they live in a podunk in Wyoming.
Kowani wrote:Ors Might wrote:I don’t necessarily think that the Republicans have good policies but basing the quality of policies based on their popularity relies upon the majority having a good methodology for determining quality.
True. But. Every time we’ve had a minority president, they’ve been in between shit and mediocre. There have obviously been terrible majority presidents. But a 100% failure rate would suggest that something is fucking wrong.Ors Might wrote:Depends on the democracy. Some democracies see fit to give minority groups certain protections and powers in order to give them a louder voice.
When the minority can override the majority despite a major difference in numbers, you have a broken democracy.
Salus Maior wrote:Kowani wrote:Yes. Because monarchism worked so much better.
Wait, no.
In some places it does and did.
Look, I'm not going to be swayed by your whinging about "muh monarchy is bad", and you're coming off as childish.
If you actually want to discuss something, discuss it. If not, at least don't half ass it with annoying posts.
Ors Might wrote:Pacomia wrote:If more people want a candidate, that candidate is elected. It ain’t the city-dwellers’ fault that there aren’t many people in rural Oklahoma. Of course, some of this could conceivably be fixed by switching to ranked voting and moving away from a two-party system.
Anyway, if there’s more people in urban areas than in rural areas, they should get more representation. A person shouldn’t have more voting power than someone else just because they live in a podunk in Wyoming.
Why not though? Its not like evening the playing field for numerically inferior groups is exactly a new concept. For fucks sake, it’s legally permissible to gerrymander on racial grounds to benefit black folk.
Ors Might wrote:Pacomia wrote:If more people want a candidate, that candidate is elected. It ain’t the city-dwellers’ fault that there aren’t many people in rural Oklahoma. Of course, some of this could conceivably be fixed by switching to ranked voting and moving away from a two-party system.
Anyway, if there’s more people in urban areas than in rural areas, they should get more representation. A person shouldn’t have more voting power than someone else just because they live in a podunk in Wyoming.
Why not though? Its not like evening the playing field for numerically inferior groups is exactly a new concept. For fucks sake, it’s legally permissible to gerrymander on racial grounds to benefit black folk.