I think ranked choice voting is a step in the right direction, and more feasible in the US. The two political parties won't willingly set up a system that dilutes their power and shares it with Green party, etc.
Cindy, nice to see you here, and you are spot on, the parties won’t willingly give up power. It will take a crisis along the lines of the American Revolution, American Civil War, and the Great Depression/WWII for real change to happen. And that’s clearly where the U.S. is headed. Let’s hope this transition is more peaceful, and I beleive it will be.
I'm Belgian. Our system works relatively well for our particular situation. Voting is mandatory in Belgium, too (I think there is just another in the world that does that). There are pros and cons to every ballot method. Having said that, I've always found the US system to be a bit odd. 'The winner takes it all' has some rationale behind it, but 'the winner takes it all, even if the winner actually represents 1/4 of the people' is really disconcerting for me.
The American system was a leap forward for the time, but that time was 250 years ago. What I find surprising his how little it has evolved to meet the changes in technology and societal expectations in those 250 years. And, just for general information, over 20 nations have mandatory voting measures, including our neighbor, Luxembourg.
I think ranked choice voting is a step in the right direction, and more feasible in the US. The two political parties won't willingly set up a system that dilutes their power and shares it with Green party, etc.
Cindy, nice to see you here, and you are spot on, the parties won’t willingly give up power. It will take a crisis along the lines of the American Revolution, American Civil War, and the Great Depression/WWII for real change to happen. And that’s clearly where the U.S. is headed. Let’s hope this transition is more peaceful, and I beleive it will be.
I'm Belgian. Our system works relatively well for our particular situation. Voting is mandatory in Belgium, too (I think there is just another in the world that does that). There are pros and cons to every ballot method. Having said that, I've always found the US system to be a bit odd. 'The winner takes it all' has some rationale behind it, but 'the winner takes it all, even if the winner actually represents 1/4 of the people' is really disconcerting for me.
The American system was a leap forward for the time, but that time was 250 years ago. What I find surprising his how little it has evolved to meet the changes in technology and societal expectations in those 250 years. And, just for general information, over 20 nations have mandatory voting measures, including our neighbor, Luxembourg.
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