FPTP sucks in general, yes, whether in the US, in France, or elsewhere.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 08/07/2024 09:53:57 PM
View original postwould have the most seats in the French national assembly right now. But they don't. Instead they are third. Popular votes are not the only thing that matter and many nations have their own idiosyncrasies. The US is not alone.
Yes, under a better system, RN would have more seats than it has now - I have no problem with that. By the way, the situation in the UK is far more obscene still, with Labour having less than 24 000 votes per seat, whereas Reform has over 800 000 votes per seat and the Greens also more than 400 000.
Though FPTP is a problem of parliamentary/congressional elections, not presidential ones, so it doesn't seem that relevant here?
Anyway, I'm not saying that the presidential election in the US should just be decided by popular vote and that's it. What I am saying is that some Americans being completely disenfranchised is really not okay, that the Senate and the 'one vote per state' thing in the House for electoral college ties are just too disproportionate, and that whatever the electoral system may be, it's always noteworthy and a reason for concern if it conflicts with the popular vote. Especially if it conflicts repeatedly in the same direction.
When the NYT Editorial Board calls for the incumbent President to step down...
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Now the Biden campaign is calling the people who are sounding these alarms 'bedwetters'
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Re: Now the Biden campaign is calling the people who are sounding these alarms 'bedwetters'
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Re: Now the Biden campaign is calling the people who are sounding these alarms 'bedwetters'
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That term has been used for months if not years, they didn't just make it up...
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Right, but since Joe (and Donald) probably both wear adult diapers...
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Re: Right, but since Joe (and Donald) probably both wear adult diapers...
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Honestly, the word's been used so much it's an established term by now. Don't think they invented it
- 02/07/2024 08:54:50 PM
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How can you say this with a straight face?
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Very easily, I assure you - though there's a difference between 'did' (past) and 'would' (future)
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Re: Very easily, I assure you
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I'm not fool enough to think I can go toe to toe with you on the Russian-American relationship.
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Security doesn't exist in a vacuum
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Sure, but Russia is a threat to others far more than others threaten it.
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That's actually empirically not true
- 11/07/2024 02:35:23 PM
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You're right that I was thinking of Eastern Europe re: NATO, not Central Asia or the Caucasus.
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Let's not fool ourselves about Montenegro and Macedonia
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A smarter NATO
- 16/07/2024 11:35:46 AM
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Sure, for those two it was clearly more the political factors. For others not, it varied.
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I would pay quite a bit of money for us to switch to even only six months of campaigning. *NM*
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It was a bad debate, but I can't imagine a lot of people are actually swayed by it.
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I'm centrist enough to consider voting Red over voting Blue this year due to
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I've voted Libertarian for President the last two times
- 08/07/2024 02:55:35 PM
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You make a good point about the popular vote.
- 08/07/2024 03:01:42 PM
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Re: You make a good point about the popular vote.
- 08/07/2024 03:26:20 PM
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This is the part that bothers me as well.
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I agree he's putting his ego ahead of the Republic.
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I will vote for who I think will do best at standing up to Xi and Putin.
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Sensible enough as as criterium for your vote - but unsurprisingly I don't agree with the reasoning.
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Your analogy is pretty poor honestly.
- 08/07/2024 04:54:45 PM
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You also are trying to redefine how the score is kept
- 08/07/2024 05:44:02 PM
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Sure, that's how it has always been - doesn't mean it's fair or that the popular vote is irrelevant.
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If popular votes were paramount then Rassemblement National
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FPTP sucks in general, yes, whether in the US, in France, or elsewhere.
- 08/07/2024 09:53:57 PM
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Re: FPTP sucks in general, yes, whether in the US, in France, or elsewhere.
- 08/07/2024 10:34:12 PM
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To be clear I didn't say it should be eliminated entirely, but as for what would happen if it was...
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You're wrong.
- 09/07/2024 01:19:30 AM
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You're still looking at it from the current two-party system framework.
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Re: You're still looking at it from the current two-party system framework.
- 09/07/2024 01:45:33 PM
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I meant California
- 08/07/2024 08:43:35 PM
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The popular vote is the popular vote - one citizen, one vote, wherever they may live.
- 08/07/2024 10:37:56 PM
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I'm concerned about a lot of things.
- 09/07/2024 04:41:03 AM
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From a left of center/liberalish substack author about the Republican national platform
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It's an interesting read.
- 09/07/2024 09:46:47 PM
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It would be an interesting read, if it actually meant anything, but does it?
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James Carville has a pretty interesting suggestion in today's NYT
- 08/07/2024 06:32:51 PM
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I think Biden and his Inner Circle are playing the clock
- 10/07/2024 12:41:20 PM
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I don't care for Biden, but I think that time has long since come and gone. *NM*
- 10/07/2024 02:25:13 PM
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Agreed that it wouldn't be a good idea for Obama and Clinton to take a leading role.
- 10/07/2024 09:49:28 PM
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