A voting reform I'd like to see

[Lunar]

It is not easy being third party or 'non-partisan'. you are forced to vote Republican or Democrat - seriously if you throw your vote the way you really want to then you might as well not bother to take the time to go to the polling booth.

I fear here in America the majority are sheeple (Yes used that word) and are so programmed into a two party system that presented with a third party or an alternative to the two party system they would still pick Republican or Democrat.

Programmed - propagandized, lead to believe that there is only two sides.

Truth is, there isn't even two sides - its all the same thing under different names...

I agree with your statement.

I'm gald Pix brought this topic up. I'm so discouraged by the current voting system and I continuosly bear witness to loyalists either at work or social gatherings. The party system appears to be a detriment to our society. Many people have become lazy and simply sided with their affiliated party since it's so simple to do so rather than research candidates.

The media doesn't help to improve our ability to reason since it appears to just feed us opinion after opinion. At times I feel like a broken record haha, but it's a serious issue. I'm aware that there are many educated voters out there, but we can't just ignore those who vote on a whim. A proper system of education can fix this (and many other problems).

Are individuals truly incompetent when it comes to voting? A simple, yet important task relayed to us throughout history. I would hope that dismantling the party system would do the trick but I'm not certain. I am certain that such a task would be met with heavy resistance. That shouldn't stop us though.

Thanks for this post Pix!