New York just fucking cancels its Primary

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Re: New York just fucking cancels its Primary

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The problem of First-Past-the-Post would exist regardless of whether the electoral college existed. Smaller parties would cause spoiler effects and elections could be won without majorities. The only difference is instead of the election being decided by about fifty thousand swayable people in Pennsylvania, it would be decided by a few million people spread around the country. More proportional systems don't really work in a one seat election like the presidency.
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Re: New York just fucking cancels its Primary

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The main problem with FPTP is that the candidate I didn't like won while having a negative balance on the popular vote. Same issue with the elcetorates. They could have voted against Trump but they didn't. Also they aren't even obligated to the popular vote even though 98.5% of the time they do, so like what are we even doing. It's unheard of to have voting agency dictated by a representational union with geographical lines serving as parameters no less. Direct democracy is best democracy.

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Captain Crimson wrote: Sun May 03, 2020 10:49 am 2020 sure has been rough on all of us.
I'm going to have to serve you with a $200 citation and one week of community service for making the understatement of the frelling century.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-05/new-york-democrats-ordered-by-judge-to-reinstate-primary-vote?fbclid=IwAR3V7kp-xcz_wcxSEZTF1kfSpEPd_1KwRVObXBA3kXXb2o60KoIeBKVxR3g
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Re: New York just fucking cancels its Primary

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Oh thank Hecate. Time for me to make some offerings of gratitude.
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Re: New York just fucking cancels its Primary

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Now, maybe they could have the good sense to let folks vote by mail on that?
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I hope and pray so.
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