Seth Bodnar - independent US Senate candidate

[SAJ-99]

just wondering how to address that angle.

Eventually people will become disappointed enough in their representation they either change the system or get out the guillotine. Seems the former is easier than the latter.

 

[406dn]

The electoral college is a product of our federalist system of government in which sovereignty was envisioned to be shared between the states and a central government. It was designed so that candidates from Philadelphia, Boston, or NY couldn't win the presidency simply by running up the score in the big cities in which they live. It forced candidates to speak to the issues important to voters all over the country, not just the major metropolitan areas. Doing away with it today would mean the candidates spend 100% of their time talking about the issues important to the folks in NY, Chicago, LA, etc., many of which are completely irrelevant and/or impractical to life in the rest of the country. The electoral college at least forces them to give lip service to fly-over country once in a while.

Thanks for the civics lesson. I remember passing the class pretty easily.

Everything you say only applies to the voters in rural states who vote with the majority of their state. The minority in those states essentially wasted their time.

I keep coming back to one person one vote. That gives every citizen, the same power. There would be no quarters asked or given.

The constitution was not and is not perfect. If it was perfect it would not have been amended so many times.

 

[Alpine01]

Thanks for the civics lesson. I remember passing the class pretty easily.

Everything you say only applies to the voters in rural states who vote with the majority of their state. The minority in those states essentially wasted their time.

You mean like republicans in Washington, Oregon, California, and Colorado ..... To name just a few.

 

[G5flinger]

This is a podcast episode that I did with Seth Bodnar. He is running as an independent candidate for United States Senate.

Most know my frustration and dislike for the symbiotic duopoly of the two party system. It makes me wonder if Montanans are willing to vote independently or if they will fall back to the comfort of their party allegiance. I will be interested to see how Bodnar performs in the upcoming election.

With the stunt that Senator Daines did to handpick a candidate without exposing the candidate to a primary, I’ll be interested to see how many people find that as distasteful as I do. Given the amount of focus and chatter that Republicans are starting to point towards Bodnar, it seems they are more worried about him than they are the Democrat.

Anyhow, here is Seth Bodnar‘s thoughts on hunting, conservation, and public land.

Hunt Talk Radio

Wilderness Podcast · Updated Semimonthly · Hunt Talk Radio, Randy Newberg Unfiltered is a podcast covering hunting politics, public lands, and conservation topics; even a few things you didn’t need to know. The best hunters you’ve never heard …

podcasts.apple.com

Nice!

 

[406dn]

You mean like republicans in Washington, Oregon, California, and Colorado ..... To name just a few.

Yes, to every voter in every state who votes for someone other than the winner of the state.

I'll say it again, imo every citizen's vote should count equally to every other citizen.

Then tally up every vote, and the candidate with the most votes is the winner.

 

[Irrelevant]

Eventually people will become disappointed enough

that they stop participating entirely and just complain on the internet.