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Are U.S. elections valid?

Are U.S. elections valid?. A brief psychometric exploration of governance. Warning Signs. Jimmy Carter monitors elections worldwide, but cannot monitor ours due to failure to meet international standards Voting obstruction, ballot obstruction, paper trail for ballots, majority rules

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Are U.S. elections valid?

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  1. Are U.S. elections valid? A brief psychometric exploration of governance

  2. Warning Signs • Jimmy Carter monitors elections worldwide, but cannot monitor ours due to failure to meet international standards • Voting obstruction, ballot obstruction, paper trail for ballots, majority rules • First time since 1988 to have a new President who won with a majority of the popular vote

  3. Are U.S. elections validity? • What is validity? • Ability of an instrument to measure what it is supposed to measure • What is an election “supposed to measure?” • Candidatewho will best live up to the values and goalsof most Americans

  4. Common solution: Get out the vote • Somewhere between naive and delusional • Sample size is important for obtaining reliable results • Study with n = 100is better than a study with n = 20 • But a small representative sample is better than a large unrepresentative sample • Decrease voting obstruction and discrimination

  5. Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) • Ensures winner gets a majority vote • Each voter ranks their choice of candidates running for an elected office • If their top choice isn’t among the top 2, go to their next choice, and so on

  6. Fusion Voting • Rather than simply voting for a candidate, people can vote for a candidate and a goal • Candidates can be nominated on multiple parties • Democratic Party: Obama • Universal Healthcare Party: Obama • Liberal Hunters Party: Obama • If a candidate doesn’t meet the party’s goal, next time the party chooses a different candidate, costing votes

  7. Public Financing • Method for nominating better candidates • Prevents vested interests from dominating elections • Funding comes from public, rather than corporations, Wall Street, credit card companies, big oil, health insurance companies, and military industries

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