Honestly, if you want to break one-party rule in California, we could have large districts where we elect multiple candidates per district, with ranked-choice voting. It also might help to convert us to a parliamentary system as well. This isn't so pie-in-the-sky as such ideas would be for the U.S. as a whole -- here citizens can put their own constitutional amendments on the ballot with enough signatures.
The people I've talked to in the grassroots of the Democratic party would actually consider such a plan. We have our own internal divisions, which have broadly settled into a moderate pro-business wing, and a social and environmental justice wing. It would be nice for us if instead of infighting, we just had our own groups. Of course that might make it harder for people like me who kind of like both camps. Of course at the higher levels, people in power generally want to preserve the power structure, even if it limits their own progress.
The people I've talked to in the grassroots of the Democratic party would actually consider such a plan. We have our own internal divisions, which have broadly settled into a moderate pro-business wing, and a social and environmental justice wing. It would be nice for us if instead of infighting, we just had our own groups. Of course that might make it harder for people like me who kind of like both camps. Of course at the higher levels, people in power generally want to preserve the power structure, even if it limits their own progress.
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