DNC could be in trouble

[palou]

Shadow1980 said:

palou said:

Just design the next electoral system to prevent parties from becoming all powerful towards one target demographic.

In the US, a conservative HAS to vote republican, as third parties will never get a majority in a state. In Germany, if a candidate gets 5% nationwide (MUCH more feasible), he gets representation. So the big parties actually have to do stuff outside of criticizing each other to retain power.

Pretty much this. We need some form of proportional representation for House of Representatives elections, and some form of runoff system (either IRV or a 2-round system) for Senate and Presidential elections, the latter of which should be a national popular vote only.

So you want the german system for the House of Representatives, and the french system for presidential elections?