I think the biggest single obstacle preventing the #USA from being a #democracy is probably the electoral college?
Most people know it's a bit arcane and illogical, but i think it's the thing distorting the whole system to uphold the two party state.
It's the biggest single reason congress and the senate look like this…
I got side tracked before i managed to find an good image.
What do you mean by #DirectDemocracy ?
The most common ways to democratically elect a national leader are
- the leader who can for a majority government (Australia, India, Germany, UK, Israel, etc.)
OR
- a presidential election with a run off round if needed (France, Brazil, probably a few others)
Nobody else has an #ElectoralCollege and (as far as i know) nowhere else has just two political parties.
technically the #HouseOfKeys on the #IsleOfMan has just two parties in power, but they have mostly independents…
https://twitter.com/evolving_string/status/1649100325247397890
whereas the USA has just #Bernie and he resorted to running for president as a Democrat?
“@CdrHBiscuitIII @MathsPlusPlus @EuanRitchie1 I worry the preferential voting i love so much is also why Labor suck? they only have to be the second worst major party? But hopefully this tactic gets us something that looks like the House of Keys 🇮🇲 But with a token green instead of a token Liberal”
Kirt
Francine Hardaway