[EM] U.S.A. Minority Rule

[DEMOREP1 at aol.com]

A few election facts are below for U.S.A. members on this list (and their 
effects on the folks in other countries).

Take your pick of which of the 3 results is the most dangerous --- such that 
election method reform (for multiple and/or single winners) is a matter of 
life or death / freedom or tyranny.

Each house of each of the State legislatures in the U.S.A. is currently a 
mini-model of the U.S.A. House of Representatives.
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U.S.A. House of Representatives

*25.96* percent of the Nov 2000 voters for U.S.A. President elected the 218 
of 435 Representatives with the lowest number of votes.

*32.06* percent of the Nov 2000 voters for U.S.A. President elected the 218 
Republican Party Representatives with the lowest number of votes.

U.S.A. Senate

*12.02* percent of the voters for U.S.A. Senator in Nov. 1996-1998- 2000 
elected 51 of the 100 U.S.A. Senators with the lowest number of votes.

*24.12* percent of the voters for U.S.A. Senator in Nov. 1996- 1998- 2000 
elected the 50 Republican Party U.S.A. Senators (with the R Party U.S.A. 
Vice-President tiebreaker due to the below).

U.S.A. President and Vice-President

*26.36* percent of the Nov 2000 voters for U.S.A. President de facto elected 
the President and Vice-President (271 of 538 Electoral College votes in 30 
States).

Each of the above ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander results are much 
worse due to various special interest gangs nominating the extremist D/R 
candidates in plurality primaries (40 States) and top 2 runoff primaries (10 
States) who later win the general elections.

The above ANTI-Democracy minority rule gerrymander math is nothing new.  It 
has been going on since 1788 for electing the U.S.A. House of 
Representatives, since 1914-1918 for electing the U.S.A. Senate (with the 
17th Amendment) and since 1832 for electing the U.S.A. President (with 
popular voting for Electoral College electors).
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Democracy remedies- 

1. Uniform definition of U.S.A. elector for voting in U.S.A. elections,
2. Proportional representation in electing ALL U.S.A., State and local 
legislative bodies (to get both indirect majority rule and minority 
representation) -- See

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm

A source of information on proportional representation elections -- 
including beginning readings, in-depth articles by scholars and 
activists, an extensive bibliography, and a guide to related Web sites. 

3. Abolish the U.S.A. Senate (or use proportional representation to elect it) 
and 
4. Direct nonpartisan nomination and election of all elective executive and 
judicial officers.