07-29-2023, 02:29 AM
(07-29-2023, 02:10 AM)pally Wrote: There are plenty of things we can do to improve the quality of people running. It won’t happen over night if at all unfortunately as Republicans and Democrats still write the voting rules for everybody.
1) end political gerrymandering, the outcome of far too many elections are foretold simply by knowing what district someone runs in. Gerrymandering leads to extremist candidates being enshrined into office…on both sides. Its 2023 for goodness sakes all districts should be drawn by computer
2) non party voters should not be locked out of preliminary elections. The wider the voting pool, the less extreme the candidate
3) better yet do away with party specific “nominating” primary elections. Go to jungle style balloting with all candidates on a single ballot. Top 2 go to the general election as a runoff unless 1 candidate gets over 50%
4) ranked choice voting
5) don’t put party affiliations on the ballots
6) loosen the rules for 3rd party candidates to get on the ballots
Bad people make bad leaders and generally in the long run make bad policy
It's B/c the GOP is a cult of personality. Many of the GOP in Congress wish Trump would simply go away, but they're too afraid of their base and being primaried to suggest otherwise.
