Absolutely. The focus of my degree was comparative electoral systems, and I had hoped to work on electoral reform. Unfortunately, there wasn't much appetite for it then (there's a lot more now, but still not nearly enough).
I think of myself as a wild-eyed idealist, but -- as is the theme of this newsletter -- we need practical, structural solutions. I'm as unhappy as anyone with out system, but the time to fix a car is not when you're driving it.
I agree, this is a problem with the winner-take-all plurality voting system in the United States.
Where possible, it would be optimal to use ranked choice voting, approval voting, or adopt proportional representation: https://www.lianeon.org/p/imagining-our-martian-government
Absolutely. The focus of my degree was comparative electoral systems, and I had hoped to work on electoral reform. Unfortunately, there wasn't much appetite for it then (there's a lot more now, but still not nearly enough).
I think of myself as a wild-eyed idealist, but -- as is the theme of this newsletter -- we need practical, structural solutions. I'm as unhappy as anyone with out system, but the time to fix a car is not when you're driving it.
Great article. Thanks!