That would solve a lot of the problem, yes. If it gets the 50%-of-the-Electors that it needs, of course.
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Come to think of it, that looks like a simple change that seems likely to have far-reaching beneficial effects on the future, at least in the medium term. Is there anything I (or anyone else reading the replies to this comment) could do to make it more likely that it would be more widely adopted?
And does the answer to the above question change when I add the data point that I am not American?
Indeed, it seems we have a 50-way Prisoner’s Dilemma. May I interest you in a conditional public precommitment solution?
That would solve a lot of the problem, yes. If it gets the 50%-of-the-Electors that it needs, of course.
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Come to think of it, that looks like a simple change that seems likely to have far-reaching beneficial effects on the future, at least in the medium term. Is there anything I (or anyone else reading the replies to this comment) could do to make it more likely that it would be more widely adopted?
And does the answer to the above question change when I add the data point that I am not American?