A little thought experiment in politics:
I understand that simple majority democracy is not a proven solution, but for simplicity's sake think about this:
The voting for the 2020 American presidential election breaks down as follows -
Candidate 1: 81 million
Candidate 2: 74 million
All other candidates: 2.8 million
The total estimated number of eligible voters in was approximately 239 million, so the percentage of the population who actually voted was 33.9%, 30.9%, and 1.2% respectively.
That means the popular majority of 34% actually chose not to vote for any of the candidates on the ballot.
😒
What if a "non-vote" by these people were taken to mean a vote for no one? Meaning in this case, no one would fill the role, not even the incumbent.
I only assume that more than 34% of the American population would be okay with this outcome, as most the people that I know who voted then we doing so in order to vote "against" the candidate they did not like.
Could we bring back the consent of the governed?
Cale₿
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