The 2 party system is single round based. 2 voting rounds would usually be needed for 3 candidates, 3 rounds for 4, etc.
However, both presidential nominees had such low approval #s, a 3rd candidate could have run and avoided being a spoiler if they pulled votes roughly equally from the other 2, besides getting more non voters to turn out.
Trump at 48% favorable -Gallup
Democrats ("people rule") avg just 12% out of 100 on NTU Rates, the most comprehensive fiscal rating on bill votes, pushing for more centralized govt power- govocracy
but usually, more than 1 round is needed to safely accommodate more than 2 candidates.
Representative samples of citi zens, including independents, having demonstrated accuracy on policy oriented polling questions (Gallup archive, etc.), could help come up with an overall freedom and compassion based, unifying, flexible policy plan..
THEN find the candidates for state and federal races.
Here's an anticipation of and suggestions for their approach.
- Avg $400(?) monthly housing rental subsidy loans
- Minimum 5 elimination rounds 'ranked choice' voting
- No names on the ballot *
- Reduce all federal and state office terms from 6 and 4 years to 3 and 2
- All officeholders recallable after 1 year with a polls based, non signature election qualifying process
- 28% taxes and spending plus 12% regulatory/indirect govt costs on avg income, or $11 tril. ann. fed, state, local out of $27T of income (instead of current 30% taxes, 38% spending plus 16% (?) indirect, or $14T)
- Needs test, loan instead of grant, require some type of work, if able, for most programs and devolve as much as possible to states
- 20% mfg tax cut
- Increased licensing of M.D.s and non M.D.s
- Optional direct care loans, including dental and counseling
- Allow telehealth and purchase of insurance outside of home state
- Tax credit or voucher for high deductible insurance
- Patient/parent and practitioner freedom in prevention and healing approaches
- Increased work visas
- Replace oil and vehicle tax preferences with lower tax rates, at least within a 2nd tax code option
- Possible above market tax creating $4/gallon, lower taxes in other areas
- Environmental tax on subsidized imports
- Drill in the 1002 area of Alaska's ANWR
- Optional $8k avg annual K-12 tax credit or voucher, $10k loan for college
- Child care loans, increased adoption assistance
- Voter determined allowable # of weeks for abortion
- Remove Medicaid/insurance coverage for circumcisions
- Higher standard for corporal punishment
- Remove tax preferences for livestock production for slaughter
- Neighborhood partnership on police staffing
- Keep violent people in jail
- Background, mental health check, continual responsibilities for gun ownership
- Defense of self and others upheld in more states
- Remove federal restrictions on cannabis
- Faster, simpler option for legal disputes
- I.D., signature, paper backups for voting
- Maintain existing progressive income taxation (CBO)
- Simplified, progressive, optional tax code
- 1% asset tax over $50(?) million, 2% over $1B(?), 3% over $10B(?), deficit devoted
- Tax incentives for increased small apartment supply
- Federal Reserve money supply limits
- Regulatory simplification
- Tech/biometric data anonymized unless opted into or police use
- Reduced concentration in media/tech industries
- Increased biotech oversight
- Increased citizen oversight of govt agencies
- Increased intl poverty spending
- Weekly policy programs citizenspolicyforum.org
- Intl dialogues with representative citi zen samples on.. peace??
* No ballot names equal more voter freedom, no early committed votes, less party power, a more level $$ and media playing field. No primaries mean shorter election seasons which might encourage shorter office terms and/or simple recall options, equaling more accountability and less market value/$$ incentive per campaign.
Prior to multi round voting, representative samples can rank interested candidates to identify a preferred candidate to run.
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