Hanlon’s Razor, but yes, I don’t think I would attribute it to a conspiracy per se, rather that those people just want to hold on to power any way they can paired with the fact that the system is inherently rigged against any third party from establishing itself.
I believe that absolutely none of that can come about until we enact ranked choice or another voting system to allow people to vote for other parties without fear of throwing away their vote.
Anyway, I’m not sure how we can enact ranked choice voting without first infiltrating and filling the existing two-party system with people who eventually want to enact ranked choice voting. As it is currently, the only people in politics are people who are happy with the two party system and know how to manipulate it for electoral and personal gain.
You’re right, it’s a chicken and the egg scenario. I really don’t know how we can convince politicians to push for RCV when that’s exactly what will let some measure of power slip from their hands. A few states (Alaska, Maine, & Nevada) have done it now, and North Carolina had it but their legislature “thought better of it” and repealed it.
Hanlon’s Razor, but yes, I don’t think I would attribute it to a conspiracy per se, rather that those people just want to hold on to power any way they can paired with the fact that the system is inherently rigged against any third party from establishing itself.
I believe that absolutely none of that can come about until we enact ranked choice or another voting system to allow people to vote for other parties without fear of throwing away their vote.
Ahh, yes. Hanlon’s Razor.
Anyway, I’m not sure how we can enact ranked choice voting without first infiltrating and filling the existing two-party system with people who eventually want to enact ranked choice voting. As it is currently, the only people in politics are people who are happy with the two party system and know how to manipulate it for electoral and personal gain.
You’re right, it’s a chicken and the egg scenario. I really don’t know how we can convince politicians to push for RCV when that’s exactly what will let some measure of power slip from their hands. A few states (Alaska, Maine, & Nevada) have done it now, and North Carolina had it but their legislature “thought better of it” and repealed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_United_States
More than any one political issue, this needs to happen first for any real change to occur.
Agreed. But it will have to start on the municipal level and work its way up, I believe.