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I predict they will buy even more into the American Dream as their numbers and especially representation increases. At the moment neither party is doing a good enough job of catering to them. You would expect hispanics to be more highlighted in Hollywood than blacks. Conservatives have advantage of Catholicism back in Mexico.Quote:
Originally Posted by pgardn
reforming the electoral college was once on nixon's agenda. of course, the republican party actually had policies and ideas back then, so maybe not relevant to now..
for me its not about republicans, its the problem with representative democracy- one, you need good candidates for it to actually qualify as an election and money will always try to buy more representation, two since they are representing you, you need to be able to hold them accountable. And i think those problems have not really been fixed anywhere beyond doing a better job instilling a civic/national pride kind of honor system, but even then corruption manifests. Someone like Frostking lusts after japanese homogeneous society, and its true, when their executives or politicians get busted in a scandal, they will take the blame in a way that doesnt happen in the west. But the point is that even with that honor system, it doesnt stop them from actually cheating and stealing. so those for me are the roadblocks to a real democracy.
i think the US actually does a comparatively good job with local propositions going to vote, but the parties and business interests (and their media mouthpieces) corrupt the process
there are good simple reforms like ranked voting that would help
"Colorado voters have decided to join a growing list of states that will decide a president by popular vote, the latest move in a national chess match over the way the United States elects its presidents.
Called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the agreement calls for states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote....."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...llege-n1247159
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Import the new Blue Wave
Frosty must be having to fight them for jobsQuote:
Originally Posted by FrostKing
Indian programmersQuote:
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You must really suck at it thenQuote:
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The Visa allows companies to hire 2 of them for the price of 1 of us Americans. Big Tech wins again.Quote:
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Well then you should be pushing even more to make them full fledged American citizens.Quote:
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:tu
Why aren't you in favor of this? Didn't you say the future is Latino?Quote:
Originally Posted by FrostKing
Also, Latinos could potentially be a huge voting bloc for the GOP, but they've been massively incompetent over the years in appealing to them due to the GOP's need of them as "the other" to fire up the Redneck segment of their base (i.e. coming for yer jerbs).
CIA Times cos God forbid the board cuckold should have original thoughts. :lol
sure, but they won't fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by ElNono
c-u guaranteed total corruption of the political class which now, beholden to, captured by BigDonor class, won't ever overturn c-u
scotus allowed partisan gerrymandering
abolishing the EC requires a Constitutional amendment, 2/3 of each chamber, 3/4 of the states, NEVER gonna happen
America is fucked and unfuckable.
Repugs shat on their constituency for decades, and they still vote Repug for God, gays, guns, knitters, abortion
Good talk :tuQuote:
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Says DerptubeQuote:
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:cry Imma moar sophistuhmucated cos I can list CIA talking points :cryQuote:
Originally Posted by Blake
:lol Board cuckold
Dense derp is beyond salvaging, sorry to say.
Being an incel basement dweller has not helped him but he has invested so much in the trump narrative that he has no life outside of that.
All you can do is pity the worthless bastard as his life will not get better and you can bet it will not turn out well.
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Hispanics are not a completely united voting block. A good portion of them are religious and they tend to lean Republican like Evangelicals. The Democrat shift in Texas is visible but it isn't going blue for another decade at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by pgardn
With most of the economic power residing in cities... seems odd that we should give so much political power to people outside them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blake
Why in the world would any one (or state) give up their say [for the say of the rest of the country which might/might not be like/represent them]? That just doesn't make sense to me.Quote:
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I don't like the way California is run. Should I, as a Floridian, give up my say/vote for what they want? No way.
odd? It's the fucked up, archaic, anti-democratic Constitution: prefers land (state) over population for the Senate, disenfranchises citizens with the EC.Quote:
Originally Posted by RandomGuy
Neither can be changed, and both have been weaponized by oligarchy/Repugs to maintain minority rule.
while the EC and checks and balances were attempts, FFs assumed "good faith" of which the oligarchy and the political class have none.
democracy depends on the good faith and consent of the governed, but bad faith rules and the consent of the governed is ignored.