Improve on Red vs. Blue: Winner-Take-All Systems Leave Out Too Many Voters

Posted October 18, 2004, 1:12 p.m.

I don’t necessarily agree with every little thing William Raspberry says in this article, but he makes a lot of good points and I agree with the underlying premise—our system is screwed up and needs work.

No matter who wins in this election cycle, the nation loses. The lies, the exaggerations, and the contentiousness does nobody any good. The winner-take-all electoral system is partially to blame.

If either candidate wins this election decisively, things will be okay . . . but if it’s as close as it was in 2000—or closer—I fear for the stability and legitimacy of our elected government.

Perhaps it is time for a change.

Improve on Red vs. Blue: Winner-take-all systems leave out too many voters (WashingtonPost.com).

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.

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It’s my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

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No government can flourish unless it be founded on the affection of the people.

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Where the citizen is sovereign and the official the servant . . . it is important that the sovereign—the people—should possess intelligence.

Ulysses S. Grant

The first thing totalitarian leaders do is make sure their voices are the only ones left.

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I am certain there is too much certainty in the world.

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