Majority of Americans Think Trump Military Plots Have ‘Gone Too Far’
Submitted 5 weeks ago by SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world to conservative@sh.itjust.works
https://www.thedailybeast.com/majority-of-americans-think-trump-military-plots-have-gone-too-far/
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The majority of Americans didn’t vote for Trump. Such declarations mean nothing.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
No, but a plurality did.
Ross_audio@lemmy.world 5 weeks 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.