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Originally Posted by thommy
i agree that bernie sanders would get a better result but the real problem is the election system. i still can not understand how the hell it can be called democracy when the will of the majority is ignored.
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It is what is called a 'Representative Democracy'
And there are those that would point to the recent 'Brexit Vote' as a reason to maintain the status-quo. But to do what the brit's did, we would need a constitutional amendment generated by the states (takes many years).
So don't let anyone fool you with that issue.
There is a big difference between election of officials and mandates by the people. Every election, the politicians say they have a mandate for what they want to do when in most cases it was a rejection of the opponent and not many gave much consideration to what that person was really going to do or the implications of it.
With the exception of about 4 years, this country has been under minority rule since 2000.
Your not going to get those in power to vote for a change that would insure they loose power. It will take a constitutional amendment. Again, back to control of the states where election law is made. I see gery-mandering a bit easier there.
So if you can manage to get a FULL CHANGE in government, don't be satisfied with just that, remember the things that led to this and demand a change to it.
Or, it will happen again.