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I wonder what the American government would look like if they had MMP, it would certainly be very interesting.
None of the polarizing extremes we have now, and much less hypocrisy since "<insert Dem/Rep here> blocked the bill, so we can't do anything, don't they suck" won't work so well. The current system doesn't work and its driving everyone crazy, our political institutions demand broad comprise and give-and-take.
We are going to have to change the way that we hold elections, the way we vote, to allow for more parties to flourish and to break that zero-sum binary hyper-partisanship, that is destroying our democracy
Unfortunately, most Americans I know (and I know a lot) are very resistant to change, so it will probably never happen.
It has to happen, change is possible. My state, Washington is mail-in only now, so consequently has highest turnout of any state, ~90%. Some voters are being introduced to ranked-choice (preferential) voting. Reform is possible, and it will happen. The current system, itself, by definition actually does the voter disenfranchisement, suppression and gerrymandering.
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It has to happen, change is possible. My state, Washington is mail-in only now, so consequently has highest turnout of any state, ~90%. Some voters are being introduced to ranked-choice (preferential) voting. Reform is possible, and it will happen. The current system, itself, by definition actually does the voter disenfranchisement, suppression and gerrymandering.
Majority of Americans say fundamental changes in structure of government are needed
I agree with you that change is needed, but a majority of the Americans I know don't want/understand (for example) universal healthcare, they don't like the metric system, and Christ help you if try and take away their precious beloved guns...all of this would change what they know and have grown up with, and some (not all) don't want to see things change. From my experience it's mostly older people - my younger nieces/nephews are far more open to it.
The ones who I have had the chance to educate on life in NZ can see that not having a trillion guns floating around...or getting free healthcare...or using the metric system...are good things to have. Voting systems take a little longer - can you imagine trying to explain MMP (for example) to the entire American population? It would take ages for it to sink in.
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