Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by krapp on Thursday August 22, 2019 @07:33AM
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How do you take into account the views of everyone, when different segments of the electorate sometimes have irreconcilable desires and views, and not wind up with "tyranny" of some sort simply by having to set some policy that can't please everyone?
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Re:15 states are trying to make the electoral college obselete
by ascorbic on Friday August 23, 2019 @01:32AM
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You can take account of everyone without pleasing them all. For example, in systems with run-offs or some kind of ranked choice, you need to appeal to voters who might not have you as their first choice, but whose second choice votes you need. That's better than being able to use a divisive strategy that appeals only to your base, and positively repels the rest.