It’s not just Trump. It’s the fact that he inherits an “elected dictatorship,” to use Lord Hailsham’s phrase. So Trump appoints whomsoever, family or friend, extremist, racist, misogynist, climate-change deniers! There can be no stronger argument for power-sharing. Under majority rule, he ‘wins’ the election… and wins EVERYTHING.
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Complex questions should not be reduced to dichotomies. The collective will of an electorate cannot be determined via a ‘yes-or-no?’ ballot, just as the average age cannot be ascertained with a question like, “Are you young or old?” With multi-option voting, however – “Are you in your twenties, thirties, whatever…?” – the outcome could be quite accurate.
