Competitive Presidential Elections Bill [on presidents desk]

[Bacon King]

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Sponsor: Senator Bgwah

(This bill is in slot five)

[k-onmmunist]

This would lead to partisan picks for elections, which would actually make elections even more uncompetitive. This bill would actually create more problems. I shall be opposing it and I strongly urge fellow Senators to do the same.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

This would lead to partisan picks for elections, which would actually make elections even more uncompetitive. This bill would actually create more problems. I shall be opposing it and I strongly urge fellow Senators to do the same.

I echo your concerns on this.

[tmthforu94]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

[Хahar 🤔]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

Why?

[tmthforu94]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

Why?

Because, the Presidential candidate probably wants to find the best possible candidate. Why should it matter which party they are in?

[Хahar 🤔]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

Why?

Because, the Presidential candidate probably wants to find the best possible candidate. Why should it matter which party they are in?

Unity tickets suck.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

I would like to voice my support for Senators Winston, NCY, and tmthforu on this issue. This bill would make things even less competitive and less interesting. Bad idea.

[bgwah]

How would it make presidential elections less competitive?

It would bring back the interesting dynamic of second, third, fourth, etc. preferences that we used to have in some presidential elections. It would also make our elections slightly more realistic... Unity tickets don't happen in real U.S. elections.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

How would it make presidential elections less competitive?

It would bring back the interesting dynamic of second, third, fourth, etc. preferences that we used to have in some presidential elections. It would also make our elections slightly more realistic... Unity tickets don't happen in real U.S. elections.

And real U.S. elections are incredibly boring, formulaic events...

[k-onmmunist]

How would it make presidential elections less competitive?

It would bring back the interesting dynamic of second, third, fourth, etc. preferences that we used to have in some presidential elections. It would also make our elections slightly more realistic... Unity tickets don't happen in real U.S. elections.

It would make them less competititive by more or less ensuring that people vote for their party. They already do to a large extent and it's only the running mate that tends to make things slightly more interesting. I agree that we need more competitive elections, but this is the wrong way to go about it.

[Badger]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

Why?

Why not?

[HappyWarrior]

A Presidential candidate should be able to pick whoever they want as their Vice President, regardless of party.

Why?

Because, the Presidential candidate probably wants to find the best possible candidate. Why should it matter which party they are in?

Unity tickets suck.

Says the guy who ran on a unity ticket.

[tmthforu94]

How would it make presidential elections less competitive?

It would bring back the interesting dynamic of second, third, fourth, etc. preferences that we used to have in some presidential elections. It would also make our elections slightly more realistic... Unity tickets don't happen in real U.S. elections.

Why should unity tickets not be allowed? What is specifically wrong with them that should make them banned from the game. Are they a threat to the game? No. Are they making elections less competitive? No, if anything, they're making them more interesting.

[Bacon King]

The main point of this bill aside for a moment, I do think independents should be allowed to be on a ticket with someone from a party.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I think we should keep the status quo. If someone wants to run a unity ticket, they can become an independent and choose the candidate of their choice anyway. These bills trying to foster competitiveness seem to be needless legislation to me. I don't think it would have much of an impact. In the October election, the DA ran their own ticket, the JCP ran their own ticket, and the RPP ran their own ticket. I don't remember that election being any more competitive than the previous.

[bgwah]

How would it make presidential elections less competitive?

It would bring back the interesting dynamic of second, third, fourth, etc. preferences that we used to have in some presidential elections. It would also make our elections slightly more realistic... Unity tickets don't happen in real U.S. elections.

Why should unity tickets not be allowed? What is specifically wrong with them that should make them banned from the game. Are they a threat to the game? No. Are they making elections less competitive? No, if anything, they're making them more interesting.

They're boring and uninteresting.

[tmthforu94]

How would it make presidential elections less competitive?

It would bring back the interesting dynamic of second, third, fourth, etc. preferences that we used to have in some presidential elections. It would also make our elections slightly more realistic... Unity tickets don't happen in real U.S. elections.

Why should unity tickets not be allowed? What is specifically wrong with them that should make them banned from the game. Are they a threat to the game? No. Are they making elections less competitive? No, if anything, they're making them more interesting.

They're boring and uninteresting.

That's just an opinion. Is there any factual evidence that proves that they make elections boring and uninteresting?

[minionofmidas]

It seems a better way of ensuring the objective of this bill would be to ban parties (over a threshold size) from having all its presidential and vice presidential candidates on the same ticket.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I still support freedom of choice in this case. We shouldn't mandate anything. We've had competitive elections with both single party and unity tickets.

[Hans-im-Glück]

I don't care whether the presidential candidate and the VP nominee to come from the same party. The only thing we could do better is that the candidates must fixed 2 weeks before the election. I'm not a fan of such actions like the last time. In this 2 weeks we could have a chance for a good and interesting campaign.

[tmthforu94]

I don't care whether the presidential candidate and the VP nominee to come from the same party. The only thing we could do better is that the candidates must fixed 2 weeks before the election. I'm not a fan of such actions like the last time. In this 2 weeks we could have a chance for a good and interesting campaign.

That's actually not a bad idea, although I think just 1 week would be easer.

[Marokai Backbeat]

I don't care whether the presidential candidate and the VP nominee to come from the same party. The only thing we could do better is that the candidates must fixed 2 weeks before the election. I'm not a fan of such actions like the last time. In this 2 weeks we could have a chance for a good and interesting campaign.

That seems much easier to defend than this bill, fwiw.

[bgwah]

Hmm, yeah I would like to see at least a one week limit brought back.

[Fritz]

This bill places a completely unnecessary restriction to freedom in the game.  I will not support this.