Until voters can no longer be bribed by "entitlements", we are fighting a losing battle.
This is Gpinks reply , I thought Politics is NOT allowed here?
It's both a gift and a curse but I have learned to adjust.
Now might be the time,Cholla. We have a third party candidate running in each of the two major parties.
Who are they?
Now IS the time!
Not really. The way it works now is that very, very few people are willing to vote *FOR* who they really want in one of the other parties or independents because they are too scared their vote will allow someone they DO NOT want to win will win (they are throwing their vote away). So they are "forced" to vote for someone else. This is why we are all trapped. The only way to prevent that is with IRV (instant runoff voting), so each voter can rank candidates. Then one can vote primarily for who he really want to win, and if they don't have a majority, that vote then goes to next rated candidate, and so on. With such a system, one's vote is never wasted.
Not really. The way it works now is that very, very few people are willing to vote *FOR* who they really want in one of the other parties or independents because they are too scared their vote will allow someone they DO NOT want to win will win (they are throwing their vote away). So they are "forced" to vote for someone else. This is why we are all trapped. The only way to prevent that is with IRV (instant runoff voting), so each voter can rank candidates. Then one can vote primarily for who he really want to win, and if they don't have a majority, that vote then goes to next rated candidate, and so on. With such a system, one's vote is never wasted.