The Lie of Modern "Centrism"

[TaraJo]

I personally think the focus should be on the electoral system. First past the post is only a fair system when there are two parties involved. The electoral college is disproportionate due to the way state votes are distributed.

No doubt the electoral college system is fucked up. If I vote for Romney, it doesn't matter because he'll still win this state by one extra vote. If I vote Obama it doesn't matter because he'll lose this state by one extra vote. And both politicians know it so they're going to spend the next several months fighting to become president of Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Why can't the presidential election be by direct vote?

I also think elections, presidential and otherwise, should automatically come to a run off if neither candidate gets at least 50% of the vote. This would help third party candidates, something we desperately need more of in this country; I mean, the main reason I'm voting Obama is that the Republican party scares the shit out of me and I want to do whatever I can to prevent them from being elected. I don't want to vote for Obama as much as I want to vote against Romney; truth be told, I'd much prefer Jill Stein over Obama, but I know she isn't going to win.

I also think some media reform is needed, I'm just not sure exactly how to go about that. The media has so much say on who gets elected, and there's way too much potential for corruption there.