You may be happy as Democrats that hundreds of thousands of Libertarian Party members and over a hundred thousand Green Party members are totally disenfranchised in the California vote, but try not to pretend that it's anything except massively scaled voter suppression.
In the sample ballots I saw there isn't a place to write in alternative/protest candidates for US Senate or Gov.
If you live in California and hope to vote for a Libertarian or Green Party or Independent Party or even a Republican Party candidate for Governor or Senator what are your choices? None, you are only allowed to vote for a Democratic candidate because of the way the majority Party Democrats have gamed the system.
Just don't bother whining to me about voter suppression or the rest of the partisan Democrat bullshit you asked about.You are literally too stupid to understand why you are wrong. As has been pointed out already in this thread, its been explained to you multiple times that the top candidates winning the most votes getting to go into the primary is about as Democratic as you can get.
Don't worry, no need to reply, we all know you'll refuse to understand and you'll continue lying about it because that's what piece of shit liars like you do, they ignore reality.
True or false some California’s voted for a republican, green, or libertarian politician during the 2018 election year.Just don't bother whining to me about voter suppression or the rest of the partisan Democrat bullshit you asked about.
Upon further review, you are correct. I don't like that, either. OTOH, elections are about determining a winner so whenever the Greens, the Libertopians or anybody else gets into the top 2 during the primary they'll be on the ballot.
It's also the result of prop 14, a voter approved measure that has withstood court challenge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write..._Proposition_14_impact_on_write-in_candidates
the way it is now he atleast has a chance. Every election before that was decided in democratic run offs before the election.
It's not an "unintended consequence" at all. It's the entire reason for having the electoral collage. It's all about the states, and making sure every state has a say in electing the president.It wasn't a dirty trick. It's just an unintended consequence of the electoral college system. Prior to the 2000 election, we hadn't experienced that anomaly since the 1880's.
If you actually think about it at all, The way Trump won does not justify his radical agenda in the slightest. A rational politician who actually cared about the will of the people wouldn't execute such policy under these circumstances.
Which explains why he's a Republican. They don't care about that, either.
It's not an "unintended consequence" at all. It's the entire reason for having the electoral collage. It's all about the states, and making sure every state has a say in electing the president.
It's not an "unintended consequence" at all. It's the entire reason for having the electoral collage. It's all about the states, and making sure every state has a say in electing the president.
It should always be 1 vote equals 1 vote. People in higher density aren’t worth as much
We're a Republic, not a democracy, get over it already.It should always be 1 vote equals 1 vote. People in higher density aren’t worth as much
We're a Republic, not a democracy, get over it already.
It's not an "unintended consequence" at all. It's the entire reason for having the electoral collage. It's all about the states, and making sure every state has a say in electing the president.
We're a Republic, not a democracy, get over it already.
If we're going to pick nits, the US is a constitutional republic, a democratic form of government. Originally, direct voting stopped at the house, senators were chosen by the state legislature.We are both a republic and a democracy.
We really need to put civics classes back in school for people like you. It’s amazing to me that you don’t even know the basic type of government of the country you have lived in your whole life.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/11/14/the-united-states-is-both-a-republic-and-a-democracy-because-democracy-is-like-cash/
If we're going to pick nits, the US is a constitutional republic, a democratic form of government. Originally, direct voting stopped at the house, senators were chosen by the state legislature.
Yeh, the Founders understood the danger of demagogues like Trump back when the only media to amplify their message was the printing press."Democracy" and "Republic" were used interchangeably way back. It's okay to call it a representative democracy. The founders concerns were about a direct democracy. We've also added an amendment to vote directly for Senators, so there's that as well.
If we're going to pick nits, the US is a constitutional republic, a democratic form of government. Originally, direct voting stopped at the house, senators were chosen by the state legislature.
It's not an "unintended consequence" at all. It's the entire reason for having the electoral collage. It's all about the states, and making sure every state has a say in electing the president.
It’s telling that in an election process that favors being accountable to the majority instead of the minority like the electoral college, republicans can’t compete on their ideas or policies.
Maybe the republicans should focus on winning in CA under the rules as they are instead of whining about the way they wish they were.
You have more faith than I do.He is a very reliable vote when it counts, which is what matters. I would have bet a great deal of money that if Manchin’s vote had been the deciding one on Kavanaugh he would have voted against him, for example.
Everyone knows registered and active voter in Wyoming should count 6x as much as the same person voting in California or Texas...