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Huin

(92 posts)
12. I need to disagree. I do not want to destroy but strengthen our two party system.
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 02:44 PM
Sep 2022

Please tell me how a two-party system is destroyed when national election ballots offer the choice to vote for either a democratic or a republican candidate. That stays the same. The only change is that you can also vote for a candidate for the House with a mission of fighting to correct problems you always wanted to correct.

When you voted for the candidate of your party, you did that because you hoped that he might fight to correct those problems and with your vote for the non-affiliated candidate, should he win his seat, he would support and strengthen the fight of your chosen candidate.

So where does the destroying come in?

You refer to your age. We live in a new century. In a world with computers and tabulations unheard of in the olden days. We can bank and buy, make appointments, hold meetings, and do all sorts of things, never getting up from our chair. My suggestion includes to use these modern technologies to simplify the election of candidates for a fraction of the current cost to allow visionanries of all walks of life, not just millionaires, to get a chance to represent those with common visions to fight for a better America. And all of that without destroying our two party system.

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I'm afraid that these days unaffiliated means republican Walleye Sep 2022 #1
For unaffilieated we need to develop how the candidates are picked Huin Sep 2022 #4
How would requiring 1/3rd of the House reps per state be "free agents" encourage compromise FreepFryer Sep 2022 #2
These candidates when elected have a mandate to those who elected them Huin Sep 2022 #5
so a survey company will set the political agenda ? FreepFryer Sep 2022 #8
Destroying the two party system is not a way to fix anything LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #3
Who is talking about destroying a two-party system? Huin Sep 2022 #6
Are you kidding? The premise of your plan is to destroy the two party system LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #7
I need to disagree. I do not want to destroy but strengthen our two party system. Huin Sep 2022 #12
I am amused that you do not understand the concepts LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #15
BTW, your silly plan would kill the Congressional Black Caucus LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #9
The "Why" of this should be explained Huin Sep 2022 #10
Your plan would eliminate minority majority congressional districts LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #11
But not the ability to run for the same seat without affiliation. Huin Sep 2022 #13
Which would never work in the real world LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #14
So we part and go our ways Huin Sep 2022 #16
You have clearly not interacted with many lawyers. LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #17
Thank you for your reply Huin Oct 2022 #18
Your hatred of political parties doomed your concept LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2022 #19
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