What would our country be like if the popular vote decided the election? Going back into past elections, imagine who would have won and what they would have done. It's infuriating. I don't want to be on this version of the American experiment. One of the variables has gone very wrong.
@elbutterfield #NationalPopularVote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
"National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is agreement among U.S. states & DC to award all electoral votes to the presidential ticket winning overall popular vote in 50 states & DC. The compact is designed to ensure the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide is elected president, & it would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome."
Repugs would never vote for it they would never win.
There are definitely states on that map that could & should be enacting this. We need to make sure that those State Legislatures get turned fully Blue in 2024. Down ticket election REALLY matter!
It makes sense in our Canadian system the party with the most votes chooses the prime minister. The head of govt does not run in a separate election but we do know before the election who will be their leader and people often vote on that.
I wish that for the USA too.!!
That dumbass #AbolishTheElectoralCollege was a conpromise to the Slave States in the first place!
@elbutterfield The gun nuts can have their Second Amendment if they agree to limit their weapons to the blunderbuss. That's as originalist as it gets.
Isn't Israel a Parliamentary Democracy? And they got Netanyahu who is only interested in staying out of Jail? Correct me if I'm wrong, please.I guess nothing is perfect. Not really up on that form, is that were we frequently hear about "coalition" governments?
Israeli system of government
The Israeli system of government is based on parliamentary democracy. The Prime Minister of Israel is the head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the Knesset. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Wikipedia
Canada has more than two parties so the reality is at present the Liberals rule only with the support of other parties.
@disk4mat @elbutterfield
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States
Actually media says US is 2 Party System, "However, other parties, including the Reform, Libertarian, Socialist, Natural Law, Constitution, and Green Parties, also participate in presidential elections." The individual States also have various Parties at the State & Local levels. For example, here in WV we also have the Mountain Party.
Interesting to note the POTUS George Washington (who did not want to be King), wanted NO political parties.
@Gladari @disk4mat I guess I look as Bibi as a kind of Trump of our future, who let the Israeli people down in so many ways (look at how Trump undermined our security during his tenure) , leading to Oct. 7th, and now is doing everything to be the military extremist to hold on to power. There but for the grace of true democracy goes our country. We are at the brink.
I really dislike BiBi I understand he has to deal with very right wing colleagues but I have never liked him.
He is a RWNJ just like out TFG! They like each other.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Benjamin_Netanyahu
"On 21 Nov 2019, Netanyahu officially indicted for breach of trust, accepting bribes, & fraud, leading him to legally relinquish his ministry portfolios other than prime minister. Netanyahu's trial in the Jerusalem District Court began on 24 May 2020, with witness testimony starting on 5 April 2021. The prosecution listed 333 witnesses.[1] As of June 2024, the trial is still ongoing."
@Gladari @disk4mat @elbutterfield
Netanyahu is the pox on both their houses...
@disk4mat @Gladari There are so many democracies with constitutions that are improved from ours; having learned from our mistakes. I just wish we could have the guts to treat ours as a living document and stop treating it like a religious icon.