Its the voting system thats wrong (Score 1)

We are being cheated by our voting method not necessarily by the electoral college. I am not going to argue over Natapoff's theory that "ditricting" increases individuals voting power in certain circumstances. Rather, the system of voting in each state for the electorates falls apart when there is more than two candidates running for office. The "popular" vote only represents the will of the people when we are voting for two candidates. It is even possible that when more than two candidates run for political office that the least favored candidate could win.(Please see "May The Best Man Lose", Discover magazine, November 2000) Obviously the country is split evenly over Gore and Bush. But we also have 2,670,000 votes for Ralph Nader. The real question is if these Nader supporters were given the chance to vote for their second choice who would they pick? For that matter what if everyone could pick another candidate as a second and third choice? I remeber seeing a few signs in my neighborhood saying "A vote for Nader = A vote for Bush", this aggrivates me because its true. (true for any candidate though, insert any two names.) If you favor two or more candidates, by voting for one you are cheating the other. After all, what we really want is a candidate that most of the people feel represent them. For example, Jesse Ventura won the election in Minnesota with only %37 of the vote. So was he really the most favored candidate for most of the people? Or were the majority of the people simply split on the other candidates and couldn't stand him? Unfortunately we will never know. I think its time people realize that our voting method is inadequate and change it. There are better ways to elect our government officials. Methods that better represent the wishes of the people without ambiguity. This mess we are in is the result of using a system not appropriate for the situation, pure and simple.