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Huin

(92 posts)
18. Thank you for your reply
Wed Oct 12, 2022, 05:05 PM
Oct 2022

I was disappointed and had unsubscribed to the group.
My post gave just a few hints of what I had envisioned. I thought I would get some positive comments, re-directing yet building on the basiic idea. I felt that all replies I had gotten were non-supportive. My thought was to improve democracy in our existing two-party system, not destroy.
The ranked choice contest comes close to what I had in my mind. Different but not inconsistent with what I had originally proposed. The ranked choice voting system seems to be actually a step beyond what I had thought. What if you combined the rank choice system with the initial computerized selection system according to correspondence of the candidates' views with the outcome of the surveys. Then you could select by rank choice twice the number of cancidates as there are available seats and allow in an election the electorate to choose the final wiinners for the available seats. Would that not be democracy in action?

But then again, let's not dwell on it since it is indeed a hypothetical model which will never come about. Not worth for elderly people like me and maybe you to get their blood pressure raised. It's not worth it.
But thank you for your final contribution to this thread.

I'm afraid that these days unaffiliated means republican Walleye Sep 2022 #1
For unaffilieated we need to develop how the candidates are picked Huin Sep 2022 #4
How would requiring 1/3rd of the House reps per state be "free agents" encourage compromise FreepFryer Sep 2022 #2
These candidates when elected have a mandate to those who elected them Huin Sep 2022 #5
so a survey company will set the political agenda ? FreepFryer Sep 2022 #8
Destroying the two party system is not a way to fix anything LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #3
Who is talking about destroying a two-party system? Huin Sep 2022 #6
Are you kidding? The premise of your plan is to destroy the two party system LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #7
I need to disagree. I do not want to destroy but strengthen our two party system. Huin Sep 2022 #12
I am amused that you do not understand the concepts LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #15
BTW, your silly plan would kill the Congressional Black Caucus LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #9
The "Why" of this should be explained Huin Sep 2022 #10
Your plan would eliminate minority majority congressional districts LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #11
But not the ability to run for the same seat without affiliation. Huin Sep 2022 #13
Which would never work in the real world LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #14
So we part and go our ways Huin Sep 2022 #16
You have clearly not interacted with many lawyers. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #17
Thank you for your reply Huin Oct 2022 #18
Your hatred of political parties doomed your concept LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #19
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