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Yes, and Republicans will do absolutely zero to change that, because abusing the system is one of their main strategies.
And old school Democrats won't change it either for some reason, despite calling themselves democrats.
So it's a long process of first changing the Democratic party from within, and then hopefully get the power to modernize democracy in USA.
https://www.vote.nyc/RankedChoiceVoting
New York City, long a Dem stronghold, has implemented ranked choice voting.
Because the ratchet effect will stop working when they're no longer able to buy primaries and then run as the only realistic alternative to fascism.
The current system protects the DNC from losing power to the effectively disenfranchised Left more than anything else.
The ratchet effect is non-voters doing jack shit to clean things up while the sycophants continue to get their way. Cant blame the Dems for that one.
Why do you think you hear so many 'Leftists' screaming Both Sides Are The Same?
Nonvoting always helps the Right, because those guys go to the polls every chance they get.
Tbf they are kind of the only ones who know what they are voting for, and are getting what they are voting for. And that's rich daddy gets all the power.
I think it was Chris Rock who said nobody works harder than a crack addict.
Same mentality
This is so sad IMO, because it's probably true.
Shedding a tear for the country I once admired. 😥