PowerpuffKue
08-05-2000, 02:27 AM
Ok, I have noticed threads about how a president can be elected when they don't have the majority, so I quickly came up with a few ideas in my head:
Every party nominates 1 person for the "presidency".
The amount of votes earned by each canidate would be their power in office. It would be required to have the top vote-getter be overrulled, unless a canadate got %50+ of the votes, then they alone get the office. If a tie could mathamatically happen, then the next down would be admitted in also.
Example 1:
Mock Election Results: Gore 40% Bush 35% Nader 14% Buchanan 6%
So when a bill is sent to them, they each decide what way they want the bill to go. Whichever % is higher wins. So lets say on bill 1 Gore, and Nader want to veto it, and Bush and Buchanan want to pass it, it would be vetoed because Gore and Nader have more % of the population votes.
Example 2:
Bush wins the election with 55% of the votes, it would be pointless to have anyone else in office with him, so he gets the office alone, and he decides on accepting/vetoing alone.
Example 3:
Mock Election Results: Gore 43% Bush 35% Nader 8%
There's a possible tie (Bush and Nader agreeing and Gore dissagreeing). The next top vote getter would be admitted in. Let's say it was Buchanan, no matter what % of the votes he earned, he is assigned a percentage at least 3% but smaller than the above vote-getter(Nader). To decide how much he gets, you put all the possibilities(3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%) and take the median(Middle number) in this case, 5%. If there are 2 median numbers, take the larger.
I know it sounds complicated, but would you support a system similar to this?
Every party nominates 1 person for the "presidency".
The amount of votes earned by each canidate would be their power in office. It would be required to have the top vote-getter be overrulled, unless a canadate got %50+ of the votes, then they alone get the office. If a tie could mathamatically happen, then the next down would be admitted in also.
Example 1:
Mock Election Results: Gore 40% Bush 35% Nader 14% Buchanan 6%
So when a bill is sent to them, they each decide what way they want the bill to go. Whichever % is higher wins. So lets say on bill 1 Gore, and Nader want to veto it, and Bush and Buchanan want to pass it, it would be vetoed because Gore and Nader have more % of the population votes.
Example 2:
Bush wins the election with 55% of the votes, it would be pointless to have anyone else in office with him, so he gets the office alone, and he decides on accepting/vetoing alone.
Example 3:
Mock Election Results: Gore 43% Bush 35% Nader 8%
There's a possible tie (Bush and Nader agreeing and Gore dissagreeing). The next top vote getter would be admitted in. Let's say it was Buchanan, no matter what % of the votes he earned, he is assigned a percentage at least 3% but smaller than the above vote-getter(Nader). To decide how much he gets, you put all the possibilities(3%, 4%, 5%, 6%, 7%) and take the median(Middle number) in this case, 5%. If there are 2 median numbers, take the larger.
I know it sounds complicated, but would you support a system similar to this?