OK...
Then, what's a lasting solution?
I'm asking, not arguing with you. I agree we have created a system destined to eventual failure.
A big part of the problem is most of the population is concentrated, by definition, in the metropolitan areas and they have different values than people in the rural and suburban areas. They have a different set of problems and mostly see government as the solution. It is too late now but a possible solution would have been to average the percentage of votes in each county and declare the winner based on the average. That would even out the advantage of the metropolitan areas. I think our country will continue its downward spiral until our ultimate demise. This was our last, best chance to change things from within the system.
