Approval voting?

[alpha]

Hamlin says supporters of third-party and independent candidates should appreciate the system. In the 2016 presidential election, Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson got 3 percent of the vote and Green Party candidate Jill Stein got one percent. In a study examining the race as if it were an approval vote ballot, Johnson's support jumped to 21 percent and Stein's support rose to 12 percent, Hamlin says.

That's certainly not enough for either of them to win, but it's an example of how our method of voting games the system so heavily in favor of the two dominant parties. If Johnson had been treated all along as a candidate with support of 21 percent of the population, how would that have affected the amount of media coverage he received, not to mention participation in debates? Would the Democratic and Republican parties be so dismissive about his positions?

Yea, or nay, anyone?

[a bollocks]

What is Aleppo? I mean, besides the one Marx Brother we don't talk about.

[modern roots]

There are no independents on my ballot for Nov. 6.

I'd vote independent if I had a choice. I'm leaning Republican.

[Dazzler]

There are no independents on my ballot for Nov. 6.

I'd vote independent if I had a choice. I'm leaning Republican.

Then you’re a bellend.

[alpha]

There are no independents on my ballot for Nov. 6.

I'd vote independent if I had a choice. I'm leaning Republican.

Then you’re a bellend.

I think not in this instance. He might've picked an independent had he been given that choice, however he is at least paying attention to who is running, which a majority of the american electorate is incapable of comprehending. That vast majority are the bellends of america.

Also,had he been able to approve, or oppose, he could've chosen to oppose both major parties and leave it at that. This kind of voting could certainly send a more detailed message of the disposition of the electorate, to the eventual winner and losers combined.

[Dazzler]

Vote for a party headed by Trump, with John Bolton in the WH and Bannon in the background pulling strings? Bellend. No excuses.

[moe.]

We voted straight Democrat in this house, our next door neighbors did exactly the opposite. I think they opposed us on the measures as well. We'll see what happens next Wednesday.

[worldcitizen1723]

i am surrounded by democrats... we will all vote.

[alpha]

We voted straight Democrat in this house, our next door neighbors did exactly the opposite. I think they opposed us on the measures as well. We'll see what happens next Wednesday.

Wouldn't being able to oppose one party whilst approving another be more feasible to how you're voting now? Wouldn't that allow independents more of a say in our elections? Seems to me it would work much better than the present process, or is there something i'm missing?

i am surrounded by democrats... we will all vote.

Yes, but out of curiosity, if you had a chance to support your democrat and perhaps an independent, or two, whilst opposing the republican candidate and/or any other candidate you didn't care for, be preferable to our current system?

[modern roots]

I'm leaning Republican because I don't like the Democrats position on a few things. They want a lottery but want all the money for education and I disagree. If they would use the lottery money to fund mental health and health insurance (medicaid) I'd vote for them. Education is such a money pit but everyone needs insurance and mental health care.
So my vote isn't necessarily a vote of approval as much as it is a vote against the Democrats.
Wish I had some independents to vote for.

[Dazzler]

You know when people ask "How could Germans have voted for the NSDAP? What would you have done if you were alive then? Would you have spoken out or would you have kept quiet?"

I think we're seeing the answers to those questions playing out in real time.

There are no good reasons to vote for the Republicans at the moment. None.

[moe.]

We voted straight Democrat in this house, our next door neighbors did exactly the opposite. I think they opposed us on the measures as well. We'll see what happens next Wednesday.

Wouldn't being able to oppose one party whilst approving another be more feasible to how you're voting now? Wouldn't that allow independents more of a say in our elections? Seems to me it would work much better than the present process, or is there something i'm missing?

The simple fact is, sadly, a vote for an Independent is a wasted vote. None stand the chance of a snowball in hell of winning. They don't get the campaign funds needed to get their message across and we really have no idea what they stand for. I'm sick of the 2 party system as much as everyone else but they effectively quash all other parties and I don't see a way around it.

[alpha]

You know when people ask "How could Germans have voted for the NSDAP? What would you have done if you were alive then? Would you have spoken out or would you have kept quiet?"

I think we're seeing the answers to those questions playing out in real time.

I believe we are too, however, on both sides of the pond, not just over here.

There are no good reasons to vote for the Republicans at the moment. None.

Very true again, unfortunately over here there are no good reasons to vote for the Democrats either, at the moment. None, unless for some reason you want to vote for a pathological liar.

[alpha]

We voted straight Democrat in this house, our next door neighbors did exactly the opposite. I think they opposed us on the measures as well. We'll see what happens next Wednesday.

Wouldn't being able to oppose one party whilst approving another be more feasible to how you're voting now? Wouldn't that allow independents more of a say in our elections? Seems to me it would work much better than the present process, or is there something i'm missing?

The simple fact is, sadly, a vote for an Independent is a wasted vote. None stand the chance of a snowball in hell of winning. They don't get the campaign funds needed to get their message across and we really have no idea what they stand for. I'm sick of the 2 party system as much as everyone else but they effectively quash all other parties and I don't see a way around it.

Sure, i agree the present system is nearly totalitarian and the very fact they dictate to us what's to occur makes some wonder exactly what kind of ideology they actually live under? However, why wouldn't allowing the people to oppose and approve particular candidates, be able to help disadvantage candidates who don't have a major political party backing them? Why wouldn't this kind of system be at least a partial way around their political blockade?

[moe.]

We voted straight Democrat in this house, our next door neighbors did exactly the opposite. I think they opposed us on the measures as well. We'll see what happens next Wednesday.

Wouldn't being able to oppose one party whilst approving another be more feasible to how you're voting now? Wouldn't that allow independents more of a say in our elections? Seems to me it would work much better than the present process, or is there something i'm missing?

The simple fact is, sadly, a vote for an Independent is a wasted vote. None stand the chance of a snowball in hell of winning. They don't get the campaign funds needed to get their message across and we really have no idea what they stand for. I'm sick of the 2 party system as much as everyone else but they effectively quash all other parties and I don't see a way around it.

Sure, i agree the present system is nearly totalitarian and the very fact they dictate to us what's to occur makes some wonder exactly what kind of ideology they actually live under? However, why wouldn't allowing the people to oppose and approve particular candidates, be able to help disadvantage candidates who don't have a major political party backing them? Why wouldn't this kind of system be at least a partial way around their political blockade?

I honestly don't know how to answer that.

[alpha]

Education is such a money pit but everyone needs insurance and mental health care.

I don't know about 'everyone' needing mental health care, but it should be mandatory for all of our politicians and all of their pay should be forcefully donated to the education of the idiots that voted for them in the first place.

[modern roots]

Well, I voted today. I voted mostly Republican, but I did vote for 4 Democrats on the ballot. So I split my vote, I didn't just straight party vote.

[nemesystem]

Lol how's that government kool aid taste?

[a bollocks]

Lol how's that government kool aid taste?

What. Did Mittens get your vote?

[nemesystem]

Nope lol

Even if I believed in voting I wouldn't vote for that carpet bagger. However I'm sure enough mormon lemmings did so either way my vote is pointless.

Go Electoral College!

On a side note I also did NOT vote for my states proposition 2 which would allow for medical cannabis usage. Even though it's a step in the right direction I feel it's also several steps back as now the state has a framework to further fuck over cannabis patients.