Germany has a mixed proportional system, which I wish we had. In your district, in your state, you vote for your preferential candidate first. And then, you vote for your preferred party list preference. As long as a party gets a 5% threshold, they will get seats. Beyond this, my head hurts trying to explain it, but it's still better than the electoral college.
One of the most profound experiences of my life was the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was nine years old but could feel the change. I won't talk about the fall of the Berlin Wall (certainly not Hasselhoff), but to say the DDR was crumbling from within, and it was not Reagan.

RECENT POSTS

Vox Populi – 08-15-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib3 hours ago I am...

Scandal vs. Civic Duty: The Epstein Distraction

0
Ours is an age awash with information, yet paradoxically starved of wisdom—not because truth is unavailable, but because the truth gets eclipsed by the most tantalizing diversions of the day.

Vox Populi – 08-08-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week's events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib5 hours ago Hey PPO! AdLib2...

Vox Populi – 08-01-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week's events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib3 hours ago Hey Murph! AdLiban hour...

Vox Populi – 07-25-2025

0
Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week's events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLiban hour ago Hey Ad twilson117 an hour...