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Election Reform

muktiman

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4. The answer is yes. Electoral college keeps us locked into a 2 party system

Reply to AsaGordon (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 1, 2015, 02:41 PM

Aug 2015

The Electoral college is an artifact from an earlier time when delegates were selected to travel over great distances to meet and vote for the person for whom they were elected to vote. We don't need it now and more to the point it keeps up locked into a 2 party system. A 3rd party candidate will always be a spoiler, making the candidate closest to them weaker.

We need to eliminate the outdated electoral college and go to direct vote: and my preference is to add "instant runoff" voting.

instant runoff voting will allow multiple views to compete without damaging the other candidates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

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Should We Change How the President Is Elected? [View all] Panich52 Feb 2015 OP

I have for many years, thought clydefrand Feb 2015 #1

President elected by national popular vote. Eliminate the electors. on point Feb 2015 #2

POTUS by a national popular vote AsaGordon Feb 2015 #3

The answer is yes. Electoral college keeps us locked into a 2 party system muktiman Aug 2015 #4