65% of U.S. adults say the way the president is elected should be changed so that the winner of the popular vote nationwide wins the presidency.

  • Wogi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Won’t be good for Democrats either. System is rigged for two parties and two parties only.

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      1 year ago

      This would not really change the two party system. All it would mean is that you genuinely need a majority of votes and not the majority of a weird convoluted combo of states.

      • chakan2@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        It would destroy the party system. Suddenly there’s a progressive democrat party and the freedumb caucus becomes it’s own thing.

        I’m game for that.

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          1 year ago

          First-past-the-post voting systems result in two conflicting parties. This would entrench the two party system. The current system is not good, but popular vote is only slightly better.

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      1 year ago

      The difference is in what the voters want.

      Both parties wouldn’t be for it, but liberal voters would be for it. Conservative voters would be against it.