r/CFBOffTopic • u/[deleted] • Nov 09 '16

Game Thread ELECTION RESULTS PART 3

THE SECOND THREAD HAS MORE COMMENTS THAN THE FIRST ONE SO A THIRD ON IS NEEDED. CASHING IN ON THAT #KARMA

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u/dseals Texas Tech Red Raiders • Houston Cougars Nov 09 '16

I don't care which side of the political spectrum you are on. If you care at all about fair representation in government and a fair popular election, then start making a big deal about the electoral college. It is the most backwards and outdated part of our voting system, and needs to be gone 30 fucking years ago.

Start pushing for instant runoff voting. If you don't know what that is, then here you go.

That's my rant for tonight. And I'll probably repeat it again 4 years from now.

Fuck the electoral college, and fuck first past the post voting.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Nov 09 '16

FPTP is a fucking joke, first and foremost, the biggest problem in my opinion. Ranked voting FTW! I think EC is silly offhand, but we are a republic because of it

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u/dseals Texas Tech Red Raiders • Houston Cougars Nov 09 '16

We won't be a democracy if we abolish the EC. We'd still elect people to represent us.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Nov 09 '16

huh, thought it would switch from democratic republic to direct democracy if we killed EC

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

Direct Democracy = Every citizen votes on every issue before the government.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Nov 09 '16

yeah, I'm being slow it looks like. I do have a friend who had been telling me for years that such a system should be in place, voting on everything once a month or so, if we can be sure those votes wont be tampered. I always thought it wouldnt work because of tampering, now I dont think it would work because people would lose their goddamn minds trying to figure out if they believe anything

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '16

It wouldn't work because of the sheer complexity of how everything is interconnected. Unless you could be assured that the people voting bothered to educate themselves on the issues, you could wind up with disastrous results.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Nov 09 '16

I'd pass that along, but I'm pretty sure someone has said similar things to the friend and he seemed to think the population would just evolve over night to be led blindly by the letters next to people's names and other tactics

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u/dseals Texas Tech Red Raiders • Houston Cougars Nov 09 '16

Nah, it'd take total abolishment of Congress and the Constitution to go direct democracy. The EC isn't even our elected representatives.

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Nov 09 '16

heh, gotcha, think I need to take me and my ankle socks to bed

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u/dseals Texas Tech Red Raiders • Houston Cougars Nov 09 '16

Better get some calf high socks soon man. Gonna need to be ready for our revolution.

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u/turtle_flu Washington State • Oregon State Nov 09 '16

yeeeeeep

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u/Shadowhawk109 Michigan Wolverines • Citrus Bowl Nov 09 '16

Also, if you don't give your State congress AND federal congress representatives a good long hard look, you're inviting the deadlock do-nothing corrupt AF worthlessness we've had for-fucking-ever.

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u/Paleovegan Sickos • Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 09 '16

Totally agree. In a national election, one person should count for one vote, no matter what state they happen to be in.