People's Convention 2020

[Bofferbrauer2]

sc94597 said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

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.

I understood your point fine, I just didn't consider it to be a relevant distinction. You missed my point. The nationalization of politics and the tendency to be presidential-centric is a recent phenomenon which could be made contemporary to our period. Historically the saying "All politics is local" held true in the U.S. In that context, where you treat the different elections as essentially separate things, it doesn't matter that the president is separate from Congress, you can still vote third party for a congressperson and then for one of the two main candidates for president. Hell, before state laws abolished it in many states (all except eight, today) there was something call electoral fusion which acted as an incentive for voting third party locally, for HoR, or Senate. 

Oh, I got your point, too, don't worry. I just think your thinking of the weight of the presidency in today's politics is way outdated and thus don't valuate the presidency or even governorship enough compared to local elections.