11-09-2016, 10:37 AM
(11-09-2016, 10:34 AM)Matt_Crimson Wrote: The issue I see with a President winning 'By popular vote" is that even the "popular vote" isn't exactly entirely accurate. The "popular vote" doesn't actually account for who every American would want as president of the US in regard to the two top candidates. This is because the popular vote doesn't take into account all of the Americans who voted for parties that weren't republican or democratic. So while the "popular vote" might account for a lot of Americans, it doesn't account for all of them, and that's the issue I see with going by a popular vote because anyone who votes independently still has a vote that "doesn't count".
This is why I am in favor of ranked or alternative voting systems. We need to move towards that as a method for elections that will eliminate the "spoiler effect" of third party/independent candidates and will give their supporters more of a voice (and potentially give those candidates more room to grow).
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
