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minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoNo, because gerrymandering actually has a place. It can be used to elevate the voice of minorities so we don’t just end up with mob rule.
minus-squaredeadalus@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoJust give seats proportional to the votes a party got. So kinda like how most developed nations do it. Would also dismantle your bullshit 2 party system (Im not trying to defend the democratic systems in Europe, they still suck, but they’re a whole lot better than the US system)
minus-squareFlexibleToast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoI would love to throw out our dumb system and replace it with a parliamentary system.
No, because gerrymandering actually has a place. It can be used to elevate the voice of minorities so we don’t just end up with mob rule.
Just give seats proportional to the votes a party got. So kinda like how most developed nations do it.
Would also dismantle your bullshit 2 party system
(Im not trying to defend the democratic systems in Europe, they still suck, but they’re a whole lot better than the US system)
I would love to throw out our dumb system and replace it with a parliamentary system.