Well said Hugh.
A recent survey shows why people are so disillusioned with the current state of American politics. Most people feel that neither party represents their viewpoint. The survey proves that they are correct:
Conservatives: 28%
Liberals: 21%
51% were very middle of the road moderates...siding with both Conservatives and Liberals based on different issues. That means that if a Conservative is elected President then 72% of the voters views are not being represented. If a Liberal is elected President, then 79% of the voters views are not being represented
We are letting the two political parties dictate their extreme viewpoints and the candidates are too extreme...we have to decide which is the lesser of two evils. In the end the two parties cannot agree on anything, and compromise is out of the question, so nothing happens except threats, mud-slinging, and finger pointing.
I would gladly vote for any candidate who is not affiliated with any political party, and is willing to make compromises to get things done.
Actually, I would like to see a law that bans political parties and any private financial campaign funding. The government would pay for elections equally with representatives for each candidate ensuring that funds are distributed equally. We need to get the money out of our elections. We also need to eliminate the Electoral College or require that each state split and portion their electoral votes based on the percentage of votes cast for each candidate.
Let each candidate stand on his/her own merits and not how much money they can collect from corporations and wealthy donors. Each candidate would present a resume that would be available on all news media as well as a government website. Canidates must present the resumes by a specific date. And just like on the TV game shows, the voters would cast votes for their favorite candidate. Every few weeks some of the candidates would be eliminated until we get to the primaries where there would only be about 6 candidates remaining. Then the voters would actuall cast votes in the primary elections and the candidate with the least votes would be eliminated until we got down to 2 candidates that would go on to the General Election.
...Rich
A recent survey shows why people are so disillusioned with the current state of American politics. Most people feel that neither party represents their viewpoint. The survey proves that they are correct:
Conservatives: 28%
Liberals: 21%
51% were very middle of the road moderates...siding with both Conservatives and Liberals based on different issues. That means that if a Conservative is elected President then 72% of the voters views are not being represented. If a Liberal is elected President, then 79% of the voters views are not being represented
We are letting the two political parties dictate their extreme viewpoints and the candidates are too extreme...we have to decide which is the lesser of two evils. In the end the two parties cannot agree on anything, and compromise is out of the question, so nothing happens except threats, mud-slinging, and finger pointing.
I would gladly vote for any candidate who is not affiliated with any political party, and is willing to make compromises to get things done.
Actually, I would like to see a law that bans political parties and any private financial campaign funding. The government would pay for elections equally with representatives for each candidate ensuring that funds are distributed equally. We need to get the money out of our elections. We also need to eliminate the Electoral College or require that each state split and portion their electoral votes based on the percentage of votes cast for each candidate.
Let each candidate stand on his/her own merits and not how much money they can collect from corporations and wealthy donors. Each candidate would present a resume that would be available on all news media as well as a government website. Canidates must present the resumes by a specific date. And just like on the TV game shows, the voters would cast votes for their favorite candidate. Every few weeks some of the candidates would be eliminated until we get to the primaries where there would only be about 6 candidates remaining. Then the voters would actuall cast votes in the primary elections and the candidate with the least votes would be eliminated until we got down to 2 candidates that would go on to the General Election.
...Rich
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