The prescription to fix so much of what's wrong with this country is simple

[LWolf]

153. Changing the dynamic:

I think it takes some radical election reform.

I'd like to get all private dollars out of the election process, and make every election publicly funded, with every candidate equally funded, with no outside funds allowed to promote them in any way.

I'd also like to guarantee all candidates equal press time, but I don't know how to do that. At the least, we could return "debates" to the League of Women's Voters, and we could ensure that all candidates answered the same questions with equal talk time.

For national primaries, I'd like to see all primaries/caucuses held on the same day, with no results released until the polls close on the left coast. I can't tell you how enraged and disenfranchised I feel by having Iowa and New Hampshire narrow my choices for me.

Finally, I'd like to add IRV to that, encouraging people to vote for the candidate they actually support the most, instead of lesser evils.

I'm open to exploring some kind of proportional representation, as well, but haven't currently formed solid opinions about that.

I think this kind of election reform would get us a representative government that would be more representative of, and accountable to, the 99%. Then we could begin to pass the things you suggest, and many other needed reforms.