The 2 party system is single round based. 2 rounds would usually be needed for 3 candidates, 3 rounds for 4, etc.
However, since both likely presidential nominees have such low approval #s, a 3rd candidate could run and avoid being a spoiler if they pulled votes roughly equally from the other 2, besides getting more non voters to turn out.
Trump at 46% 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.
Needed- a freedom based, compassionate, unifying, flexible plan, then the candidate for 2024 and state and federal races beyond.
One example..
- Minimum 5-7 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 govt termed employees 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, loans instead of grants, require work, if able, for most programs and devolve as much as possible to states
- Avg $400(?) monthly housing rental subsidy loans
- 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
- I.D. all immigrants
- Increased work visas
- Apply for visas in home countries
- 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
- Neighborhood partnership on police staffing
- Keep violent people in jail
- Background and mental health check, gun allowance with continual responsibilities
- Remove federal involvement in 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 taxation (CBO)
- Simplified, progressive, optional tax code
- 10% asset tax over $1 billion, 20% over $10B, 30% over $20B, non annual, 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 citizens' dialogues on... peace
* No ballot names equal more voter freedom, no early committed votes, less party power, a more level $$ and media playing field. No primaries mean shorter election seasons which might encourage shorter office terms and even simple recall options, equaling more accountability and less market value/$$ incentive per campaign.
** A) Replace tax deductions for business energy/oil use and heavy vehicle purchase with lower tax rates.
B) Including tax, $4/gallon, lower tax rates in other areas
For president, a 3rd candidate can be nominated by a representative sample of citizens from a list of declared candidates using ranked choice voting.
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