| |  | | Brought to you by USATODAY.com | | Two major parties, over 100 separate elections with weird rules - it's pretty much democracy, but it's still kinda like "what if democracy was written by Mad Libs." We have today's updates, plus a look at several change.org petitions to reform our election system ... because if there's one way to make something happen, it's with a change.org petition. | | To: Bernie Sanders
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Let's chat! -Hillary | | A Fox News poll released yesterday afternoon shows Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton by 3 points in a head-to-head matchup, 45% to 42%, causing Democrats nationwide to begin hitting "refresh" on fivethirtyeight.com so Nate Silver could explain away the results for them. A deeper look into the data shows Clinton with a 50-36% lead among women, a 62-23% lead among Hispanics and a 90-7% lead among blacks; Trump, meanwhile, holds a 55-31% lead among whites, a 9-point lead among white women, and a 16-point lead among independents. "Who else you got?" wasn't an option, but it might have done pretty well - the poll's findings said, "Overall, the voters feel the candidates lack honesty, empathy, and strong moral values, and they'll say anything to win." | | So if there's any comfort to be had for the left, what is it? Silver hinted at it in a tweet, wondering if Clinton would see a polling bounce if and when she wraps up the nomination, just as Trump has. (Just one month ago, Clinton led Trump in the same poll, 48-41%.) After all, there's a good 13% not answering either Hillary or Donald right now, and they may have a very specific third option in mind right now. | | Speaking of that third option, Fox News has invited Clinton and Bernie Sanders to participate in one final head-to-head debate, date and venue TBD. Literally the last thing Hillary wants to do right now is give any appearance that the Democratic nomination is still up for grabs. Is Fox News just straight-up trolling Clinton right now? | | If election reform lasts longer than four years, call your doctor | | Let's burn down the system! Our current mix of caucuses and primaries; superdelegates and regular, mortal delegates; and various levels of ballot access ... there's a lot to take on. Election reform is a sentiment that could bring everyone together, from Jill Stein to Jeb Bush to Bernie Sanders to Zoltan Istvan. The only problem is that saying "let's fix the system" is like saying "let's get appetizers for the table." It sounds great in theory, but while you're thinking bruschetta, someone else at the other end of the table is already ordering three plates of haggis taquitos. In other words, your ideas are great and everyone else's are horrifying. | | Here's just a sampling of what's out there right now ... we found these ideas for reform on change.org, the website where literally hundreds of successful petitions have been launched, alongside millions of failed petitions: | | • | Dump the Electoral College: The system encourages candidates to focus on swing states while ignoring the states they know they'll definitely win or definitely lose. We'd predict that this would be the first thing to go, except that it's been a good 128 years since this system elected a guy who lost the popular vote, and 16 years since the system reminded us that it could still do it, and yet here we are. | | • | Every primary should be an open primary: In the alternate universe where this is the case, Hillary currently is pressuring Bernie to participate in one final Fox News debate. | | • | Instant runoffs: Want to vote for a third-party candidate, but you're worried your fringe vote will help elect your least-favorite major-party candidate? Hypothetically, ranked-choice balloting would allow voters to rank Jill Stein as their #1 choice and Hillary Clinton as their backup #2 choice if Stein isn't competitive. | | • | Get rid of the caucuses: Eighteen Democratic contests and 17 Republican contests are conducted by caucuses, a system universally hated by everyone outside of Iowa. | | • | MOAR CAUCUSES: Correction: Everyone hates them except one guy in Louisiana. A woman in Shreveport didn't know who Bernie Sanders was, and if there were caucuses everywhere, everyone would be forced to listen to exactly who Bernie Sanders is before they could vote. | | • | Dump the superdelegates: There are at least a dozen anti-superdelegate petitions, which seems efficient. | | • | Stop talking about superdelegates: First Amendment be damned, media outlets should stop mentioning superdelegate totals because their votes aren't set in stone until the convention. As we've noted before, pledged delegates in 15 contests aren't legally bound, either ... presumably we'd be banned from mentioning them as well? | | • | Public funding of presidential campaigns: Free nationwide travel in our very own bus? We know what we're doing the summer of 2020. | | • | Longer debates: For everyone who loved the 10-plus candidate GOP showdowns, let's invite several more people to participate in the general election debates (namely, the Green Party and Libertarian Party nominees). | | • | Make Election Day a national holiday: Good point! Right now there really aren't any good mattress sales in November. | | • | Undo the Revolutionary War: So this one would bring about a reconciliation with the U.K. and the U.S., except it's not really election reform, or a peacable reunion for that matter ... more like a war of conquest led by "our glorious leader, President Trump." | | | Everybody hates Chris | | Chris Christie, the termed-out New Jersey governor and chairman of Trump's transition team, has a popularity problem. The vanquisher of Marco Rubio has turned into a Trump stage prop as of late, but he still hopes for Trump to name him as his running mate. Barring that, he can wait until Sadie Hawkins Day - traditionally the one day out of the year when vice presidential candidates get to ask presidential nominees to join their ticket. New Jersey residents, even New Jersey Republicans, aren't in love with the idea of Christie as veep ... statewide, 72% of Garden Staters think Christie is a bad choice for VP, as are 64% of GOP voters. | | More from the campaign trail | | | | Vice, vice baby | | A TV star and political neophyte announced his intention to run for national office last week. Sounds pretty implausible, if you ask us. | |
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