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I'm a libertarian, and I was reading a post on DP that served me with a personal challenge to defend my views in contrast to fundamental structured election systems. In other words, I'm having a tough time defending two arguments running parallel in my mind. On the one hand, I'm an American and I tend to like the system that we've created for ourself. I can't say that I dislike the winner-take-all electoral college. It's gotten us this far!
On the other hand, I'm a libertarian and a member of a third party. I will never see a libertarian take office unless we restructure the entire electoral system of the United States. I don't see myself going that far, which may mean I will forever be a member of a political minority, desperately clinging to the fringes as if my own personal idealism was paramount to my own party's success.
An electoral college like ours will inevitably produce a two-party system . Duverger's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That is just the nature of the beast. So what are libertarians to do? You're faced with the crossroads in your own convictions if you decide to stay true to our original system. Would you overhaul the electoral college?
Perhaps we could just modify it a little bit. Instead of winner-take-all, determine the winnings based on exact percentages, rounded to the nearest whatever. My only fear is that that modification will have devastating results to the republican nature of our democratic society.
On the other hand, I'm a libertarian and a member of a third party. I will never see a libertarian take office unless we restructure the entire electoral system of the United States. I don't see myself going that far, which may mean I will forever be a member of a political minority, desperately clinging to the fringes as if my own personal idealism was paramount to my own party's success.
An electoral college like ours will inevitably produce a two-party system . Duverger's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That is just the nature of the beast. So what are libertarians to do? You're faced with the crossroads in your own convictions if you decide to stay true to our original system. Would you overhaul the electoral college?
Perhaps we could just modify it a little bit. Instead of winner-take-all, determine the winnings based on exact percentages, rounded to the nearest whatever. My only fear is that that modification will have devastating results to the republican nature of our democratic society.