03-07-2023, 10:01 AM
(03-06-2023, 05:45 PM)treee Wrote: The single best way to get around the two party system is to get ranked choices voting through ballot initiatives. This doesn't cover all the states but I think it would cover a big enough chunk to fundamentally shape what the federal composition looks like. Maybe from there you could get a coalition going to increase the number of house seats.
The problem here is that over half of the states lack a way for the public to make this happen. Twenty-four states do not allow citizen initiatives or referendums of any sort. There are two more states that only allow referendums, which are where the people get to put a piece of passed legislation on the ballot. Since there is no chance of those in power loosening their grip on it and passing legislation that would weaken the two-party status quo, the only way to make it happen would be by ballot initiatives.
"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
