| Ka-pi96 said: Aren't there multiple ways around that though? For starters you could have the president being the one with the most votes overall, rather than the most wins by state. Alternatively you could use run off voting to ensure that one of the candidates would eventually end up with over 50% of the vote. |
It's very rare to to win the electoral college without winning the popular vote so your right that there's improvement to be had over there but it's not the largest concern and it's really not necessary to have run off voting when there's usually only two parties that can sustain support throughout a campaign so you end up with a duopoly first hand anyway ...
OP's issue about first past the post still remains unaddressed even after these two supposed reforms when he'll realize that the lifeboat is only big enough for 1 and the crew members of the sinking ship have to decide which person to save ...
That's FTFP to the extreme for ya ...
