List of priorities USA needs to follow before it is too late

[Tony_Stark]

JWS said:

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:

Squilliam said:

Mr Khan said:

Squilliam said:

I think a single trasnferable vote system would be better. I.E. You can vote for your favourite candidate first and then if they don't get in your vote is transferred to the next alternative. That way people can vote for the third choice in elections without worrying that their vote would be wasted.

The better alternative in that case would be a runoff system for candidates in an election where the winner doesn't accrue a proper majority of the vote

Nah, it means people can actually vote for people like Ron Paul or whomever else without thinking they could be letting the team down by wasting their vote when it could have gone to *insert useless/bought out or otherwise stupid presidential candidate here*

My way would work in that case as well, just so long as there wasn't overwhelming support for one particular party candidate, you could still vote the other way, and knowing you had a chance to vote again, could vote to your heart (and in a close 50/50 race, sapping one vote from one side would force a runoff, so if enough support accrued at the margins, you would get the chance to vote again, at least for the winners)

Do y'all in New Zealand have simple-plurality elections, or proportional representation? Most commonwealths have the former...

Yeah but then you have to pay for multiple elections.

I always thought that the best way to get rid of the 2 party system is to get rid of the party name next to the canidates name on the ballot. That way people would have to get informed who they are voting for instead of just voting down party lines.

Yes, just yes.