The electoral college must be abolished. It is an antiquated system devised in an era completely unrelatable to our current political system, outdated and antiquated. The Electoral College is poorly suited for an era of high-income inequality and widespread geographic disparities. At a time of high-income inequality and significant geographical gaps across states, the Electoral College will operate systematically to overrepresent the views of relatively small numbers of people due to the structure of the Electoral College. As currently established, each state has two Electoral College votes irrespective of population size, and additional votes to match its number of House members. That format overrepresents small- and medium-sized states at the disadvantage of larger states. Thus, the notion that California and New York electoral votes dominate the electoral college is discredited when states with the lowest populations such as Idaho and West Virginia can combine to neutralize larger urban voting blocks.
The abolition of the electoral college would mean the destruction of the main roadblocks inhibiting the power of all citizens the right to more voting power, and dismantling the throttling of the electorate by the establishment demo can-Republicrat duopoly. Independent and 3rd parties can never gain power until the electoral college is dismantled.
Secondarily, a tested and efficient system of ranked-choice voting would be another powerful step towards strengthening direct democracy, in addition to a strong objective public education system. The citizenry should have equal access to quality education, and this directly influences the most informative votes.
In some jurisdictions without ranked-choice voting, if no candidate has a majority of the votes after the first primary or election, then a second election takes place in which only the two candidates with the most support in the first election run. Those candidates must campaign again - often in a very negative head-to-head race - and voters must return to the polls to vote again. Whether this runoff election occurs in a primary or on Election Day, turnout often plummets in the second round.
With ranked-choice voting, a jurisdiction can get the benefit of two rounds of voting in a single, more representative, higher-turnout election. That is why ranked-choice voting is often called âinstant runoff voting.â In this context, RCV can save the jurisdiction a lot of money - the entire cost of a second election - while helping promote majority support and civil campaigning (https:www.rcvresources.orgwhy-adopt-rcv)
We must remove money from politics. No one in a democracy should have the power to buy their power and influence in the office. We need enforcement of a maximum wage. He who has the gold makes the rule, and this corrupt concept has influenced our politicians since time immemorial. We must fight to codify the For the People Act; expand Americans' access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics, strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and implement other anti-corruption measures to enhance our democracy. Voting rights are human rights.
Proportional representation, independent redistricting commissions, open primaries, ballot initiatives, universal term limits for congress and SCOTUS, and the abolition of the electoral college are the greatest steps towards strengthening democracy at home and abroad, and I support these measures, in conjunction with radical direct action with the working class to achieve victory for our causes of global peace, equality, freedom, and justice for all.