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