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 citizens, including independents, could help come up with a freedom based, compassionate, unifying, flexible overall 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 $10 tril. ann. fed, state, local out of $25T of income (instead of current 31% taxes, 38% spending plus 16% (?) indirect, or $13.5T)
- 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
- Tax credit or voucher for high deductible insurance
- Allow telehealth and purchase of insurance outside of home state
- Patient/parent and practitioner freedom in prevention and healing approaches
- Increased work visas
- Price based, tax revenue neutral energy and plastics conservation **
- 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
- Neighborhood partnership on police staffing
- Keep violent people in jail
- Background, mental health check, continual responsibilities for gun ownership
- 2nd amendment upheld in every state
- Remove federal restrictions on cannabis
- Faster, simpler option for legal disputes
- Remove tax preferences for livestock production for slaughter
- I.D., signature, paper backups for voting
- Maintain existing progressive income taxation (CBO)
- Simplified, progressive, optional tax code
- 1% asset tax over $100(?) 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 citizen 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.
** A) Replace tax deductions for business energy/oil use and heavy vehicle purchase with lower tax rates, at least within a 2nd tax code option.
B) Possible above market price of $4/gallon, lower tax rates in other areas
For president at least, representative samples of citizens can rank a list of declared candidates to identify a 3rd candidate.
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