First past the post democracies always result in what we have now. The democratic party will completely disappear under proportional representation. In it’s place you will see a proliferation of the power that is being grimly clasped by the corporate kleptocracy and their minions. Instead of 1% deciding how we manage our society, everyone gets a say.
The other problem is voters trying to hold on to the Democratic party because of FPTP.
Which in turn makes the Democrats comfortable enough to run bad candidates.
Which in turn makes Democrats lose the election because they did not have to run on good policy to compete with a more left party, only a more right party.
The other problem is voters are idiots. Alaska had ranked choice and threw it in the trash. Massachusetts, and I’m sure several others, passed it up because “it’s too confusing”.
Too confusing? Motherfucker, have you never ranked things based on preference? Have you not a second favorite color, or ice cream flavor, or child, or season? Who is your next-best-friend? What was your dream job in college, and your fallback?
The democratic party per se isn’t the problem.
First past the post democracies always result in what we have now. The democratic party will completely disappear under proportional representation. In it’s place you will see a proliferation of the power that is being grimly clasped by the corporate kleptocracy and their minions. Instead of 1% deciding how we manage our society, everyone gets a say.
The other problem is voters trying to hold on to the Democratic party because of FPTP.
Which in turn makes the Democrats comfortable enough to run bad candidates.
Which in turn makes Democrats lose the election because they did not have to run on good policy to compete with a more left party, only a more right party.
The other problem is voters are idiots. Alaska had ranked choice and threw it in the trash. Massachusetts, and I’m sure several others, passed it up because “it’s too confusing”.
Too confusing? Motherfucker, have you never ranked things based on preference? Have you not a second favorite color, or ice cream flavor, or child, or season? Who is your next-best-friend? What was your dream job in college, and your fallback?