They Never Learn: The Democrats Are Missing The Point Again

I will vote for Democrats, but I won’t support them. And I’ll never “unite behind” whoever wins their primary. But this is a lesson the Democrats steadfastly refuse to learn: just because I’ll vote for you, that doesn’t mean I…

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Low Standards: A Vote Delayed Is A Vote Denied

Social media lit up after Super Tuesday with photos of and interviews with folks who stood in line for hours to vote. So much for being a “modern” democracy. This really is insane: you should not have to wait in…

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Hugo Voting: For Once We Should Pay Attention To An Industry Award

The Hugo Awards are a fan-voted series of awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers and fans. They use ranked-choice voting. (Which I discussed in No Spoilers: Ranked Choice Voting, and which I’ll be abbreviating below to “RCV” when I…

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Elections Have Consequences: How To Choose A Candidate

Apparently American voters, for the most part, actually are choosing their candidates based on who they’d want to have a beer with (or a wine, maybe?). This is not a good standard. In fact, it’s a really, really bad one.…

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Inalienable: A Democracy Cannot Take Away A Citizen’s Right To Vote

This one seems to be inexplicably controversial. But seriously, follks. The right of all citizens to vote is what makes a democracy a democracy. Or a republic, for all you pedants in the back. It’s so much a part of…

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Bloc Party: Real Representation In Government

The legislatures of this country frankly suck, and this is no secret. For example, polls regularly find more than 75% of their respondents think Congress is not responsive to their voters in any meaningful way. This is kinda by design.…

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