[Blood of Tyrants]

I would support a system where one candidate had to get 50% + 1 votes. If no candidate was able to, then there would be a runoff between the top two.

What REALLY sucks is our insane method of selecting our candidate. I would prefer a single day when ALL the candidates were voted on by ALL the states.

[stilloftyhenight]

“I would support a system where one candidate had to get 50% + 1 votes. If no candidate was able to, then there would be a runoff between the top two.”

NO! That system would succeed in allowing the large population centers to select our leaders. Since they are overwhelmingly Democrat, they would succeed in defeating the votes of flyover country which is overwhelmingly conservative!

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[lentulusgracchus]

I would prefer a single day when ALL the candidates were voted on by ALL the states.

The Electoral College used to do just that. The Electors represented the States, not some candidate.