Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoIs there a chance America one day will elect a Progressive? Or will we keep going the elder dipshit route?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down110
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareIs there a chance America one day will elect a Progressive? Or will we keep going the elder dipshit route?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoThe fptp system was broken not long after it was created. It wasn’t always broken like it is now. That happened under the guise of making it “safer” Used to be, the president didn’t have a running mate, the runner up was the VP. By removing that, we’ve made our system into the 2 party monstrosity it is today.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoThat barely existed as a system because it didn’t work well in practice. It was amended in 1804, there were only 3 presidents elected that way, Jefferson was in office when it was ratified.
minus-squarestylusmobilus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoInteresting, thank you. Imagine what difference that would have made over the years.
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoThe guys who set it up originally were actually pretty smart. And we spent the next 250 years screwing it up…
The fptp system was broken not long after it was created. It wasn’t always broken like it is now.
That happened under the guise of making it “safer”
Used to be, the president didn’t have a running mate, the runner up was the VP.
By removing that, we’ve made our system into the 2 party monstrosity it is today.
That barely existed as a system because it didn’t work well in practice. It was amended in 1804, there were only 3 presidents elected that way, Jefferson was in office when it was ratified.
Interesting, thank you.
Imagine what difference that would have made over the years.
The guys who set it up originally were actually pretty smart. And we spent the next 250 years screwing it up…