07-03-2018, 07:29 PM
(07-03-2018, 07:16 PM)hollodero Wrote: I know about Maine, but what's the second state?
- also, as long as not almost all 50 states are in it, I don't see much change. Voting third party in Maine still can reasonably be percieved as a wasted vote that hurts the main party closer to the voter's heart in nation-wide elections. Even if they'd gain an elector in a presidential race.
So I just heard rumblings about it coming up in another New England state, but it hasn't happened as of yet.
And you're right that until there are more, it won't make a third-party or any independents truly viable nationwide. But its use in Maine will allow for one to grow in the state and even maybe take a seat in Congress. It also allows for other states to see what goes on in Maine and maybe start a spread of this around the country.
"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