is it illegal for a majority of people to vote third party
No, we live in a first-past-the-post system where votes disappear into a black hole if they aren’t cast for the candidate with the plurality of votes, you smarmy fucking dipshit.
But there’s nothing inherent to the system that says the candidate with a plurality of votes has to be Democrat or Republican right? So what the fuck is the problem?
How did your Harris vote work out for you? How did your Clinton vote work out for you? What would have changed if you’d instead voted third party in either of these elections?
Do you honestly think that even if a Dem wins in 2028 that the Republicans will just disappear, “we defeated them!” and they just go away? The Republicans keep getting elected because of the Dems, their shit candidates, and their bullshit milquetoast policy that never helps anyone. What have they done to deserve our votes other than “not being Republican?” You know who else isn’t Republican? Third parties.
Mixed member proportional has regional list candidates that compensate parties that are underrepresented in seats compared to their popular vote within that region. Regardless of how your preferred candidate does, your vote affects the regional results. New Zealand uses this at a national level, and Germany and the UK both have it in some sub-national elections
Party list proportional has you vote for a party rather than a candidate, and each party gets a number of seats proportional to the number of votes. If your preferred party doesn’t win, they still get some seats. If they do win, your vote still gets them more seats. Absolutely loads of countries do this method.
In a single transferable vote system, you rank the candidates. If candidates get enough first-choice votes to meet a given threshold, they’re elected. Any surplus votes go towards the voter’s next choice, potentially electing them. If your first choice is the least-popular, they’re eliminated and your vote goes to your next choice. Either way, the vote isn’t wasted. Ireland and Australia use this.
No, we live in a first-past-the-post system where votes disappear into a black hole if they aren’t cast for the candidate with the plurality of votes, you smarmy fucking dipshit.
But there’s nothing inherent to the system that says the candidate with a plurality of votes has to be Democrat or Republican right? So what the fuck is the problem?
How did your Harris vote work out for you? How did your Clinton vote work out for you? What would have changed if you’d instead voted third party in either of these elections?
Do you honestly think that even if a Dem wins in 2028 that the Republicans will just disappear, “we defeated them!” and they just go away? The Republicans keep getting elected because of the Dems, their shit candidates, and their bullshit milquetoast policy that never helps anyone. What have they done to deserve our votes other than “not being Republican?” You know who else isn’t Republican? Third parties.
That’s the same as all voting systems currently implemented around the world.
No, it isn’t.
Mixed member proportional has regional list candidates that compensate parties that are underrepresented in seats compared to their popular vote within that region. Regardless of how your preferred candidate does, your vote affects the regional results. New Zealand uses this at a national level, and Germany and the UK both have it in some sub-national elections
Party list proportional has you vote for a party rather than a candidate, and each party gets a number of seats proportional to the number of votes. If your preferred party doesn’t win, they still get some seats. If they do win, your vote still gets them more seats. Absolutely loads of countries do this method.
In a single transferable vote system, you rank the candidates. If candidates get enough first-choice votes to meet a given threshold, they’re elected. Any surplus votes go towards the voter’s next choice, potentially electing them. If your first choice is the least-popular, they’re eliminated and your vote goes to your next choice. Either way, the vote isn’t wasted. Ireland and Australia use this.