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Topic	This whole two-party / "primary" system is killing us.
shipwreckers 02/27/20 11:28:52 AM #18:	streamofthesky posted... by far the biggest is the godawful First Past the Post voting system. I agree completely. FPtP is an archaic system that really only exists due to the technical limitations of the time (it kept things simple). The same can be said of the electoral college (no matter what philosophical "voice of the rural man" argument people give). Could you imagine having to HAND COUNT all of the votes from a state back in the 1800s, and get a full, national popular vote without any risk of tampering??? The electoral college and FPtP were instituted BY NECESSITY. That's not the case anymore here and now. --- Money is overrated... <cite>shipwreckers posted [p:934946577] in This whole... [t:78434694]...</cite> <quote>streamofthesky posted... </cite> <quote>by far the biggest is the godawful First Past the Post voting system.</quote> I agree completely. FPtP is an archaic system that really only exists due to the technical limitations of the time (it kept things simple). The same can be said of the electoral college (no matter what philosophical "voice of the rural man" argument people give). Could you imagine having to HAND COUNT all of the votes from a state back in the 1800s, and get a full, national popular vote without any risk of tampering??? The electoral college and FPtP were instituted BY NECESSITY. That's not the case anymore here and now. --- Money is overrated...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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