California got to vote on it AND it’s only temporary.
Gerrymandering should be deeply and severely illegal. Until then, California is at least doing it democratically and only in a last ditch effort to save democracy in the US.
You vote for the party first and foremost, not for any individual politician. Instead of voting for a local representative, you vote for a single party to represent you at a national level. That party then gets a certain number of seats based on how many votes it got. As a result, voting for a minor party that only gets 10% of the votes actually makes sense, as it then gets 10% of the seats in the parliament. In such systems there usually aren’t single parties with a majority, but coalitions of parties with varying viewpoints.
There are many mixed systems that use party voting, but also link parties to specific candidates. However, the system the previous comment described sounded more like party-list proportional representation.
For a large federal system like the US that has both local needs and far less regional differences than people realize, replacing the House and Senate with a party-list would both unify the country and destroy the power of duopolistic party elites. At the same time, the state and local elections could use any number of systems that focus more on candidates. It wouldn’t prevent a fascist like Trump from taking over, as Israel is a modern example of a party-list country under fascist control, but it would’ve required him to build a party as a politician rather than take over one of the big two.
Listen here, you libtard you. Republicans are the bastions of constitutionality. That’s why we have the BEST economy and ZERO dissent. Only crime in DEMOCRAT cities.
I know they have no shame. But I use it as a litmus test to see what kind of idiot I’m dealing with. If they can’t see the hypocrisy, they’re an idiot whose opinions should be ignored and actions should be countered.
“Unconstitutional redistricting” yep it sure is. But totally OK for Texas and Indiana to find more seats for the fascists. /s
Pot, meet kettle.
Remember, every accusation is a confession.
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Yeah they laugh at us for caring about it
California got to vote on it AND it’s only temporary.
Gerrymandering should be deeply and severely illegal. Until then, California is at least doing it democratically and only in a last ditch effort to save democracy in the US.
Gerrymandering only exists because we don’t do proportional representation.
I’d love a system where you vote for a party first to gauge how many of the party will hold office and then a vote for who represents them.
But I suspect both Republicans and Democrats would reject this because it disrupts their status quo.
Just like a pool with a ranked vote or individuals for districts or…?
Genuinely curious how that works
You vote for the party first and foremost, not for any individual politician. Instead of voting for a local representative, you vote for a single party to represent you at a national level. That party then gets a certain number of seats based on how many votes it got. As a result, voting for a minor party that only gets 10% of the votes actually makes sense, as it then gets 10% of the seats in the parliament. In such systems there usually aren’t single parties with a majority, but coalitions of parties with varying viewpoints.
There are many mixed systems that use party voting, but also link parties to specific candidates. However, the system the previous comment described sounded more like party-list proportional representation.
For a large federal system like the US that has both local needs and far less regional differences than people realize, replacing the House and Senate with a party-list would both unify the country and destroy the power of duopolistic party elites. At the same time, the state and local elections could use any number of systems that focus more on candidates. It wouldn’t prevent a fascist like Trump from taking over, as Israel is a modern example of a party-list country under fascist control, but it would’ve required him to build a party as a politician rather than take over one of the big two.
Listen here, you libtard you. Republicans are the bastions of constitutionality. That’s why we have the BEST economy and ZERO dissent. Only crime in DEMOCRAT cities.
#TrumpWasRightAboutEverything
#WaitDidHeNotChoosePence
#WaitDidntHeNominateTheJudgeThatShutdownHisNationalGuardPushInOregon
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I know they have no shame. But I use it as a litmus test to see what kind of idiot I’m dealing with. If they can’t see the hypocrisy, they’re an idiot whose opinions should be ignored and actions should be countered.
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Epstein’s Law: every accusation from a Conservative [of being guilty of a thing] is a confession [of being guilty of the thing]