This election is a binary event. Calling for Obama's defeat *IS* advocating for Romney's victory.

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51. Unfortunately, changing our election system requires actually WINNING elections and assuming power.

And the last time we did that, we couldn't agree on enough issues to actually DO anything that counts.

I agree that the transferrable ballot is a great idea, but changing anything about the American electoral system is an almost impossible uphill battle. There are a few other things that should be changed first that would have a bigger impact, like banning corporate cash from elections. Banning dark money. There are easier ways to achieve that.

As for Green Party voters, what we need is a FOUR party system. Center right, Center left, far right and far left. This would translate as Republican, Democrat, Libertarian and Green. (Yes, I know not everybody likes the left/right paradigm, but let's use it for now.) The way for the third and fourth parties to break in is at the HOUSE level, not the primary level (ie-transferrable ballots for Democratic and Republican primaries, for example).

There are districts that are so far to the right that the Dems don't bother to field candidates (remember Michael Moore running a FICUS PLANT in a solid Republican riding, and the ficus plant winning?), and left districts where the GOP doesn't bother to field a candidate.

The Green Party should run candidates against Democrats in districts that are so far left that the GOP doesn't bother to field a candidate. The Libertarians should do the same in Republican districts where Democrats don't bother to field a candidate. By doing this, we could break open the House to two additional parties virtually OVERNIGHT. Nothing could be easier.