Comment on Majority of Americans Think Trump Military Plots Have ‘Gone Too Far’

• Ross_audio@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  A plurality did not.

  ~77 milion out of 265 million - Trump

  ~75 million out of 265 million - Harris

  ~113 million out of 265 million - Nether

  Getting a plurality of votes cast =/= a plurality of voters

  It’s how fascism has risen in the past as well. Chasing a minority of voters because they can win an election should be an alarm bell.

  Every democratic system should engage a high turnout and require a majority, not just a plurality.

  80% turnout should be a norm.

  Personally I am in favour of mandatory voting, with the caveat that the bottom of the ballot should have a “none of the above” option. Australia gets a ~90% turnout.

  Single Transferable Vote is the best election method as it avoids wasted votes in multi party democracies.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re correct, a majority of people who voted voted for him, not a plurality. Way too many people, in any event!

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    • Ross_audio@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Not even a majority of people who voted. A majority means >50%.

      Trump received a plurality of voters who voted. Not a majority.

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Thank you for the correction correction!

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  • pivot_root@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Personally I am in favour of mandatory voting, with the caveat that the bottom of the ballot should have a “none of the above” option.

    Doubling the voting pool using uneducated or apathetic voters turns the entire system into a game of exploiting psychological biases into creating uninformed votes.

    It’s already bad, that could make it even worse.

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