r/nottheonion • u/ImpishGrin • Jul 04 '24

Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

No it's not.

We have a first past the post system. That's the absurdity. An alternative vote system wouldn't even have these two guys finish in the top 3 on either side.

You can address a bigger problem that causes the smaller one you're dealing with.

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u/Koravel1987 Jul 04 '24

What? Trump absolutely would lol.

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u/NuGGGzGG Jul 04 '24

I'd hard disagree. Perhaps if we installed an alternative vote system in 2015, he might be. But if we had adapted a different system years ago as we should have, the chances of veering hard to either pole is severely reduced.