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Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by harimau777 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @09:40AM (#21789693)
The issue that I see is that due to the electoral college and gerrymandering, it can be difficult to win even if you can convince moderates.

The other issue is that many of the issues that progressives are concerned about (e.g. climate change, inequality, gun control) require action by society as a whole. Ideally we would negotiate and find policies that address the priorities of both progressives and conservatives. However, that doesn't currently seem to be possible.

Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by EricE on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:24AM (#21789895)
> The issue that I see is that due to the electoral college

Please read the federalist papers.

Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by harimau777 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @05:28PM (#21792768)
Care to elaborate?
Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by Glide on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:42AM (#21790020)
Because of the electoral college, voices are not wiped out and discounted entirely in this country.

I do not want the equivalent of a yellow vests movement happening here.

Gerrymandering is a huge issue, and it makes it so that moderates don’t have to exist because of safe districts.

The fundamental disagreement about priorities between the parties somehow turned into disagreement about facts in the past decade.

Re:What Happens After Prisoners Learn to Code? by harimau777 on Saturday December 14, 2019 @05:35PM (#21792816)
I don't think the electoral college is an effective way to give everyone a voice because it creates a situation where some votes count more than others and it allows a minority of the population to hold the country hostage.

I believe that something like proportionate representation is a better solution. It would still allow minority populations (e.g. rural areas) to band together and get representatives elected that reflect their priorities. However, since the system is no longer winner takes all it promotes finding solutions via negotiation.