Third parties don’t win. Why? First-past-the-post. Voters are too scared of splitting the vote to support who they really like, so they choose the ‘lesser evil’ of the two major-party candidates. The obvious solution is to switch to another electoral...
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Electoral Votes Should Be Proportional
Electoral votes should be proportional to the popular vote in each state. This would help smaller states and third parties without allowing for a tyranny of the majority. Both the current system and abolition hurt smaller states, while the semi-proportional...
Continue reading...What if a Presidential Candidate Dies Before the Election?
What happens if a presidential candidate dies before, or during, the election? Can they be replaced or will the other party get an automatic win? The answer to this question relies heavily on when the candidate dies. It also depends...
Continue reading...Conservatives Should Ditch Capitalism
Ever since Ronald Reagan, Conservatism has become synonymous with deregulation, free trade, and low taxes for the wealthy, with social issues like abortion, gun rights, and immigration taking a back seat to laissez-faire Capitalism — it’s time to change that....
Continue reading...Abolish United States House Districts And Switch to Proportional Representation
Members of the United States House of Representatives have been elected by district for centuries, but it’s time to make the switch to party-list proportional representation. Electing members proportionally would make gerrymandering impossible, help third parties, and better represent the...
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