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About 55%, who voted, nationally voted for the current president of the USA. My _opinion_ is around 20-30% of those that voted 'voted for this' or otherwise li
by mjevans 2y ago
About 55%, who voted, nationally voted for the current president of the USA.
My _opinion_ is around 20-30% of those that voted 'voted for this' or otherwise like it. The other 35-25% maybe didn't get what they voted for; I believe if None of the Above (reject everyone and give all new candidates) had been on the ticket in ANY sort of instant runoff voting system, would have voted for that with higher preference.
I'm for _requiring_ that everyone who is eligible to vote, does so. They're free to officially abstain. I'd like for None of the Above to be a mandatory option for all votes with the effects described above. I'd also like for ANY Instant Runoff Voting system, though I prefer "Path Vote" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method ) I do mean any IRV method.
I would also like, FFS, if we're going to HAVE primaries at all, that they're always open and required, no free passes in.
Finally, all Elections should be Voting Holidays. I'd love if every state did all Mail In Ballots like WA state. I'd also like any ballot mailed before midnight at the end of the Voting Holiday to be postmarked, and counted (but please get your votes in early).
I'd like all Non-Emergency votes to be limited to the 4th of July and Nov (whatever the format is) as those Voting Holidays.
- nubinetwork 2y ago> none of the above What do you do if that were to happen? Another 6 months of campaigning while nothing gets done? That's no way to run a country.
- mjevans 2y agoThat's a great question too. Proposal 1: You don't get to leave the job until the replacement is hired. Proposal 2: Follow the chain of succession to a position that did get elected / appointed. I wonder if cabinet members retain their jobs until replaced? Also, that would count as an Emergency election. Maybe we could do a crack at 2 months to 'primary' and 1 month to campaign? Other countries seem to get by just fine.
- card_zero 2y agoWell then the people would elect None of the Above over and over again, leaving the country in permanent political limbo, like Belgium. The government wouldn't be able to do anything. But I suppose on the plus side, the government wouldn't be able to do anything. The majority of the electorate has dissatisfaction after any election. The job of democracy is not to obtain good governments, but partly tolerable ones.
- mjewkes 2y agoHow do you get 55%? Wikipedia says 49.8%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia...
- mjevans 2y agoOffhand memory of something from the weeks after the election, though Wikipedia's numbers likely reflect the final official tallies rather than the numbers of that time. The popular vote seems to have been closer than I recalled hearing.