Benjamin Valimont · @bvalimont
25 followers · 60 posts · Server toot.io

Congress has a 22% approval rate - but individual members have a re-election rate of 94% because districts are drawn to be non-competitive in the general. There’s no real incentive to change anything because you have nearly guaranteed job security.—

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#andrewyang #forwardparty #RankedChoiceVoting #openprimaries #top5primaries #independentredistrictingcommissions #democracy #instantrunoff #thirdparty #independent #independents #endgerrymandering

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Benjamin Valimont · @bvalimont
23 followers · 54 posts · Server toot.io

@dustcircle As an advocate for this case is very troubling. Hopefully the court won’t adopt this radical view, but even if they do it should only apply to federal elections. We should still be able to reform the process for the state legislatures themselves.

#independentredistrictingcommissions #democracy

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Benjamin Valimont · @bvalimont
19 followers · 44 posts · Server toot.io

evergreenpodcasts.com/burn-the “The Forward Party doesn't need to be as big as the Democratic Party, or as big as the Republican Party, to help throw the balance of power towards the pro-democracy side.”-Miles Tyles.

#forwardparty #RankedChoiceVoting #openprimaries #top5primaries #independentredistrictingcommissions #democracy #instantrunoff

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Benjamin Valimont · @bvalimont
6 followers · 19 posts · Server toot.io

I just realized that I might be the first Forwardist on Mastodon. We are trying end the two party system with Ranked Choice (Instant Runoff) Voting, top 5 non-partisan primaries, & independent redistricting commissions. You can help too by joining us at forwardparty.com/

#instantrunoff #democracy #independentredistrictingcommissions #top5primaries #openprimaries #RankedChoiceVoting #forwardparty

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