Why not Fusion?

[°Leprechaun]

https://uselectionatlas.org/WIKI/index.php/Fusion

[Alcon]

Yes, but it's not particularly important.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Have a nationwide proportional representation thing with one single district.

[Alcon]

Have a nationwide proportional representation thing with one single district.

Do you even know what fusion is?

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Yes. Fusion would only deal with first past the post districts(doing it for proportional representaiton would just get confusing) so...

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, but it's not particularly important.

[KEmperor]

Yes, we have it in New York and I like the way it works.  It's not a huge issue though.

[MaC]

Don't understand it from the article given to me.

It's pretty sweet as a music genre though

[Gabu]

Yes, why not fusion?  It could be a great energy source.

[Bono]

Yes, why not fusion?  It could be a great energy source.

[KEmperor]

Don't understand it from the article given to me.

Basically, you have third parties on the ballot that often endorse people running for the main parties too.  For example, for President Bush, he was a candidate for both the NY Republican Party and the NY Conservative Party.  If for some reason, he did something to piss off the Conservative Party, they could endorse someone else, which could end up costing him votes in the state. 

It might seem silly, but there are a lot of voters who are members of one of our 3rd parties that take it very seriously and vote straight party line.  It gives those 3rd parties a lot of pull in close races, where if the Republican candidate doesn't get the endorsement of the Conservatives or maybe the Independence Party, it could cost him the election.

[MaC]

Don't understand it from the article given to me.

Basically, you have third parties on the ballot that often endorse people running for the main parties too.  For example, for President Bush, he was a candidate for both the NY Republican Party and the NY Conservative Party.  If for some reason, he did something to piss off the Conservative Party, they could endorse someone else, which could end up costing him votes in the state. 

It might seem silly, but there are a lot of voters who are members of one of our 3rd parties that take it very seriously and vote straight party line.  It gives those 3rd parties a lot of pull in close races, where if the Republican candidate doesn't get the endorsement of the Conservatives or maybe the Independence Party, it could cost him the election.

Thanks for clarifying.  Looks like I'll also agree with:

Yes, but it's not particularly important.

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There was a 1997 Supreme Court case ruling that against allowing a candidate to get 2 party's nominations in MN.
http://www.lp.org/lpn/9706-fusion.html

It was a 6-3 ruling. It was seen as relevant to Bush v. Gore because it dealt with state's rights and election law. However, only Breyer choose the same position (state's rights) both times. The other 8 justices voted opposite ways.

[Speed of Sound]

Eh, doesnt really have that big of an effect, but I support it.

[Ferdinand]

I find it silly that we waste ballot space for multiple lines of the same candidate. However, if we must, fusion seems to be the most logical route to take.

[MODU]

I say scrap the party concept and go back to the beginning, where people voted on the individual, and the runner up would become VP.

[Ferdinand]

I say scrap the party concept and go back to the beginning, where people voted on the individual, and the runner up would become VP.

President Bush and Vice-President Kerry? President Reagan and Vice-President Mondale? and my favorite...President Nixon and Vice-President McGovern.

Your idea would certainly make the U.S. government more interesting.

[MODU]

I say scrap the party concept and go back to the beginning, where people voted on the individual, and the runner up would become VP.

President Bush and Vice-President Kerry? President Reagan and Vice-President Mondale? and my favorite...President Nixon and Vice-President McGovern.

Your idea would certainly make the U.S. government more interesting.

You bet it would.  Of course, if that system was in place back then, who knows what the combination would have been.  You could still have ended up with Reagan/Bush because Bush out performed Mondale in the polls, etc.

[DuEbrithil]

Yes, but it's not particularly important.

[Sensei]

Yes, but it's not particularly important.

[Verily]

It's irrelevant. Really all it does is add a nice tag line next to the candidates that breaks down complicated issues into stupid sayings such as "Right to Life!" and "Oppose Global Warming!".