One of the reasons why I have not been posting so much is that I have been working very hard on a project called The New Electoral College.
It is a proposal to modify the Electoral College of the United States to allocate electors using party-list proportional representation. Over Thanksgiving break, the website went online. Go check it out!
November 2021 has been a very interesting month for democracy.
The Falkland Islands held an election. The election is held in two constituencies, Stanley and Camp. Stanley consists of only the capital city, with about 4,000 voters, and Camp consists of the remainder of the territory, with only about 500 voters. Last year, a proposal was rejected in a referendum that would have combined the two constituencies into one. While a majority of voters voted for the proposal, it failed because it couldn’t get the required threshold of support in the Camp constituency.
Elections were held in Nicaragua on the 7th. The elections were described as a “sham” by the United States and the European Union. It was the fourth straight victory for Daniel Ortega, the country’s authoritarian President. Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won a supermajority in the National Assembly. Ortega has been accused of violent oppression of civil liberties.
Argentina held congressional elections on the 14th. The Peronists suffered massive setbacks, losing control of the senate for the first time in 40 years. The market reacted positively to the election result. The President, Alberto Fernández, is a Peronist and has indicated his willingness to engage in dialogue with opposition parties.
Hello everyone!
It has been about a year since I posted last. I have been caught up in a lot of things, but I want to continue posting here, and intend to do so more frequently in the future. I am going to try to post something towards the end of each month, just recapping all the work I have done recently. Stay tuned for more!