The electoral college is the worse of the two defects and should be ditched first. Or subverted by the compact among states to cast their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote in each state.
Don’t worry, in Canada our “centrist” party(read: at the moment, incredibly conservative) was elected in 2015 on that promise…and they immediately gave up on it when they learned they’d probably never win again. And then we let them get away with three other times, if I remember correctly!
It’s all such a joke. I even forgot to point out all of our legal bribery that’s gotta go too. At least North America has plenty of woodland to hide in. For now, anyway.
Yep, and that requires abandoning the first past the post election style. And probably also the electoral college as it currently stands.
The electoral college is the worse of the two defects and should be ditched first. Or subverted by the compact among states to cast their electoral votes in proportion to the popular vote in each state.
Don’t worry, in Canada our “centrist” party(read: at the moment, incredibly conservative) was elected in 2015 on that promise…and they immediately gave up on it when they learned they’d probably never win again. And then we let them get away with three other times, if I remember correctly!
Hurray!
It’s all such a joke. I even forgot to point out all of our legal bribery that’s gotta go too. At least North America has plenty of woodland to hide in. For now, anyway.