People's Convention 2020

[Bofferbrauer2]

sc94597 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

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.

It certainly does matter who is in the House of Representatives, especially in your 100% scenario where any presidential veto could be overridden. Presidents aren't autocrats. They need to work with congress to get what they want done. 

And again, state politics and local politics are probably much more important when it comes to most public policy than national politics. Most things that affect an American's day to day life are determined at these levels of political action, including how people vote for president. 

You missed the point, I just wanted to point out at the disconnect between Congress and the President, which doesn't exist in other countries with FPTP elections, and how those are divided up into local elections instead of statewide like in the US, which makes FPTP in the US so shitty and lopsided for third parties in general.