I agree with that. I also have concerns about the whole electoral process. The work around for popular vote would require us to know what the popular vote is. How does a state even know that in a “certified” way, and if it it really close, there is no way to do a nation wide recount. There are a lot of practical issues with implementing nation wide popular vote. So I have reservations about this.
The other issue of course is the whole gerrymandering thing. The need to really have elections demand a 50% vote either by IRV or a separate run-off election to eliminate spoiler effects. There are tons of issues overall with our electoral system. One big issue is we have a system that empowers 2 parties and makes it difficult for those parties to have any meaningful competition at all.
I agree with that. I also have concerns about the whole electoral process. The work around for popular vote would require us to know what the popular vote is. How does a state even know that in a “certified” way, and if it it really close, there is no way to do a nation wide recount. There are a lot of practical issues with implementing nation wide popular vote. So I have reservations about this.
The other issue of course is the whole gerrymandering thing. The need to really have elections demand a 50% vote either by IRV or a separate run-off election to eliminate spoiler effects. There are tons of issues overall with our electoral system. One big issue is we have a system that empowers 2 parties and makes it difficult for those parties to have any meaningful competition at all.