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Bob · Sep 19, 2004, 05:55 am

A FIX FOR THE ELECTION SYSTEM THE 51% SOLUTION

"Elect" means, to choose. And people naturally like to choose between two things, at least finally. Maybe it is childish and maybe it is practical, but it is more natural than choosing between a dozen things right off the bat.

We live in a binary universe in many, many ways, so it is natural for people to divide that way. Those who argue for a multi party system, are asking for trouble and they mostly get it.

I don't consider Germany to be very stable. Only the presence of American troops occupying them to this very day, keeps them stable, as far as I can see.

It the perpetual malcontents that want more voices heard. To satisfy them I think the Constitution could be amended to include a primary in which all parties could run, and a general election in which just two would run.

One reason this was not done is that the first GW didn't want any parties at all, and so made no provision for their running in elections as such.

This amendment would give all the blow-hards and crazies a chance to debate, and appear, and be noticed to their hearts content, without disturbing the fundamental basis of our stability and success.

Say in September we would have this primary, debates and all, and then put it out of our mind as we steamed toward November with the two surviving parties. It would stimulate all kinds of interest of people who now CLAIM bitterly they are left out of the system.

I call this my 51% Solution, and have heard of no one who has ever proposed it. All Federally elected people would also run in this same primary. Thus, no one would ever be elected with less than 50% plus one. This should satisfy a lot of incessant complaining over nothing.

This solution is used in countless states and localities, Mayors typically, and there is no reason it couldn't work nationally.

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Bob BANNED Posts: 89	A FIX FOR THE ELECTION SYSTEM THE 51% SOLUTION "Elect" means, to choose. And people naturally like to choose between two things, at least finally. Maybe it is childish and maybe it is practical, but it is more natural than choosing between a dozen things right off the bat. We live in a binary universe in many, many ways, so it is natural for people to divide that way. Those who argue for a multi party system, are asking for trouble and they mostly get it. I don't consider Germany to be very stable. Only the presence of American troops occupying them to this very day, keeps them stable, as far as I can see. It the perpetual malcontents that want more voices heard. To satisfy them I think the Constitution could be amended to include a primary in which all parties could run, and a general election in which just two would run. One reason this was not done is that the first GW didn't want any parties at all, and so made no provision for their running in elections as such. This amendment would give all the blow-hards and crazies a chance to debate, and appear, and be noticed to their hearts content, without disturbing the fundamental basis of our stability and success. Say in September we would have this primary, debates and all, and then put it out of our mind as we steamed toward November with the two surviving parties. It would stimulate all kinds of interest of people who now CLAIM bitterly they are left out of the system. I call this my 51% Solution, and have heard of no one who has ever proposed it. All Federally elected people would also run in this same primary. Thus, no one would ever be elected with less than 50% plus one. This should satisfy a lot of incessant complaining over nothing. This solution is used in countless states and localities, Mayors typically, and there is no reason it couldn't work nationally.