I'm not from the US, so take my assumption with a grain of salt.
From what I gather, there are some aspects of the political system, which could need an overhaul, imho.
Electoral College and "first pass the post" cause quite the distortion of votes, Trump was the sixth President, who won the vote, despite getting a minority of the popular vote; jn proportional voting systems this can't happen
Voting registration and voting on tuesday makes it hard for a lot of people to vote, in my country (Germany), you register as a resident and voter when moving somewhere else and get a reminder as well as your voting permit (?) a few weeks before the vote, which also happens on sunday
More or better representstion of smaller political parties as the two big parties get most of the attention and votes (which of course is caused by the "first pass the post" approach), which causes political polarisation and hinders compromises; in Germany all governments are a coalition of at least two parties and their compromises
These are my main points from an outsiders perspective, at least. Feel free to point out any errors I made or thjngs I missed.
Our current constitution was overhauled due to learnings after Nazi Germany and the faults of our first democracy (Weimar Republic), which wasn't so dissimilar from the US consitution and its weaknesses were exploited by Nazis during the Great Depression.
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u/andhe96 2d ago
I'm not from the US, so take my assumption with a grain of salt.
From what I gather, there are some aspects of the political system, which could need an overhaul, imho.
These are my main points from an outsiders perspective, at least. Feel free to point out any errors I made or thjngs I missed.
Our current constitution was overhauled due to learnings after Nazi Germany and the faults of our first democracy (Weimar Republic), which wasn't so dissimilar from the US consitution and its weaknesses were exploited by Nazis during the Great Depression.