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   Tim Chambers (tchambers@indieweb.social)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 09:57:36 JST Tim Chambers

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   • Heidi Li Feldman
   • pmonks (330ppm)
   • legraLeGra
   • kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

   @pmonks @atthenius @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @heidilifeldman Am a big fan of national popular vote compact….

   https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

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     • Heidi Li Feldman
     • legraLeGra
     • kamalaharrisforpresidentnews

     @atthenius @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @heidilifeldman Few people are well represented in the US, thanks to the absolutely garbage electoral system. There’s a reason 9 of the 10 strongest democracies on earth, and 20 of the 24 “full democracies”, have parliamentary systems.

     Source: the Economist Group’s democracy index, in which the US is considered a “flawed democracy” and comes in at 29th on the list.

     If you’re wondering what you can do to improve things, I’d suggest (in no particular order), working to promote:
     1. adoption of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in your state (if they haven’t signed it already)
     2. adoption of ranked choice voting at all levels of government