Re: a system where you could vote for party you agreed with

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:39:54 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2021/Pres/Maps/Mar15.html#item-9

"Everybody can vote for a party he or she loves and then the politicians
get together in a smokeless room to determine who won, without having to
consult the people. (V)"

I don't know how they could come to this conclusion based on the text of
the article.

But, what the article tells me is that other governments are just as slow
and inefficient as the U.S.  Which is interesting.  To be honest, I prefer
a slow, deliberative decision-making process to an off-the-cuff one.

This does also explain a lot of plot points in Borgen.

And, this article doesn't even bring up the idea of eliminating parties
all together and instead voting by policy beliefs, which is what Alex had
proposed and I had thought about for a long time.  In that case, you could
imagine filling out a long survey which covered every possible belief you
could think of and you'd automatically be paired with the candidate
closest to your beliefs.  And, every year, you could tweak bits of your
survey as you see fit to reflect any changes in your beliefs.  This could
save everybody a lot of time and energy.