If Americans want better governance, we must replace plurality voting\u2014the system that created and sustains our dysfunctional two-party duopoly. Plurality voting lets popular candidates be eliminated in primaries and systematically disadvantages centrists and independents through vote-splitting and the \u201ccenter squeeze.\u201d The result is deeper polarization and less representative government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Approval Voting is a simple, fairer alternative. Voters may support every candidate they approve of; the one with the most votes wins. It ends the wasted-vote problem, removes the spoiler effect, and opens the field to serious third parties\u2014advantages Ranked-Choice Voting does not deliver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This site offers clear explanations of Approval Voting versus Ranked-Choice Voting and the full text of a proposed Equitable Voting Act to mandate Approval Voting in federal elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ask your congressional candidates whether they will support such a statute\u2014and let their answer guide your vote. Share this with others who want more representative elections. Also, help to support a petition to Congress on this matter that may subsequently be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John Howard Wilhelm, Ph.D. (Economics) Ann Arbor, Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If Americans want better governance, we must replace plurality voting\u2014the system that created and sustains our dysfunctional two-party duopoly. Plurality voting lets popular candidates be eliminated in primaries and systematically disadvantages centrists and independents through vote-splitting and the \u201ccenter squeeze.\u201d The result is deeper polarization and less representative government. Approval Voting is a simple, fairer … Continue reading “Your Help Is Needed to Improve Governance–A Request”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalrenewalpartysite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}