A points-based rank and negative choice voting system vs. the 2024 United States Presidential election
No matter what your or my political beliefs are or if any one of us in particular was content, upset, or indifferent to results of a specific election, it is fascinating to evaluate what could have been if a certain proclaimed liberal democracy had a more just, robust, and inclusive voting system. The background of “how” we could do so as opposed to the “substance” of what that rule may produce is far more interesting to me.
For instance, in New & Improved: The United States of America (https://www.jpprag.com/post/pre-sale-page-new-improved-the-united-states-of-america), I proposed a series of Amendments to the United States Constitution. Of particular note were a set that eliminated the use of the Electoral College to decide the President of the country and replace it not with a direct popular vote, but instead with a net point system. At a high level...
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