In the last 10 years, have there been more than a handful of bills that got 60 votes in the senate?
I wouldn't like what the current congress would do without the filibuster, but at this point a paralyzed system might be worse.
I wouldn't like what the current congress would do without the filibuster, but at this point a paralyzed system might be worse.
All of these except the first two were bipartisan and got 60 Senate votes (or more)
It does seem like things are trending toward less public laws passing over the last decade, as well as record low time in session and other congressional activity.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/870...
A lot of what happens in Congress is obvious to do and everyone agrees. While the media certainly focuses on the handful of things the two parties are at odds over, most of the lawmaking done by Congress is not controversial between parties, and is simply passed, so we don't hear about it.
Because both parties are scared eventually the other party will be back in the majority.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_United_States_Congress#...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_United_States_Congress#...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_United_States_Congress#...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_United_States_Congress#...
Maybe you're right, but people always say that. And they've always been wrong.
As one plausible mechanism: the economy stalls / inflation accelerates and people blame the party in power.
In the 2026 senate election, the Dems could absolutely flip Maine, North Carolina, and two others; maybe Alaska and Ohio.
If Elon Musk makes good on his threat to try to take out sitting GOP senators, that splitting of the vote could mean the Dems pick up a few more as well.
In particular it gives people permission to vote for a candidate they like but don't expect to be able to win.
https://www.rangevoting.org/IRVsplitExec.html
tl;dr IRV is extremely poor, doesn't actually solve the vote splitting problem, and is radically more complex and cumbersome than superior alternatives like approval voting, which would plausibly scale far faster once gotten off the ground. plus approval voting was adopted by 2/3 majorities in fargo and st louis, so we know it's politically viable.
There’s just a checkbox next to each candidate and you check the box next to any candidate you’re “okay” with. Results in the most “okay-est” candidates getting elected so when the winner is announced everyone goes “…okay.”
Also could make primaries less important, because multiple candidates from a party could theoretically run for the general election without splitting votes.
Communication is easier because in RCV the candidate who gets the most #1 votes doesn’t necessarily win which could lead to a loss of confidence in the system. Its very easy to tell the American public “this guy got the most checkmarks” and no one gets confused.
Maybe that breaks this idea. Maybe ideally you’d maybe want a touchscreen+printer to fill in the bubbles with printer ink and show it to the voter for them to double-check before putting in the stack (or, if wrong bubble filled, put it in rejected stack).
Would love more feedback from people to get a better sense of all pros and cons.
That would be Republicans.
While Democrats have pushed across multiple states for changing voting mechanisms, Republicans in eleven states have pre-emptively banned any and all use of RCV at any level within the state.