sc94597 said:
House of Representative elections are not state-wide elections, nor are state-senators and state House of Representative/assembly elections, nor are local elections. Sure the Senate and Presidency are elected state-wide or through a system of fifty one (state + D.C) elections, but they are only two parts of the whole system. Third parties and independents have won Senate seats in the past too, and two Senate seats are held by independents currently (Vermont - Bernie Sanders, and Maine - Angus King.) |
Sure but that doesn't matter in the US system. One party could technically own 100% of both House and Senate yet not win the presidential election. To make that matter, the presidential election would need to stop being a separate thing from either House of Senate election.
In fact, this could actually be done very easily: There are 538 electoral votes in total. There are 438 Representatives in the House plus 100 Senators in Congress. Just add up both houses by party affiliation and voila: A presidency elected by the result of many local elections, where smaller and regional parties actually have a fighting chance, ending the deadlock between just 2 parties.
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