A new Common Ground Democracy post. As discussed therein, it’s worth contemplating what the first 100 days of a Nikki Haley presidency would have been like in comparison, which arguably is what a majority of Americans wanted but were unable to vote for in November because of the existing electoral system. Thus, being forced to choose between Trump and Harris, more voters chose Trump over Harris as the only way to express their desire for a change from the Biden administration. If Trump had realized that his mandate was only to govern as Haley would have, and not to pursue his extreme agenda, his popularity wouldn’t have plummeted in the way that it has during his first 100 days.

Meanwhile, because the existing electoral system produced a Trump rather than Haley presidency, the nation has had to suffer the assault on the constitutional system that Trump has perpetrated and the MAGA-dominated Congress has permitted. In this regard, the Common Ground Democracy post notes that the Wisconsin Law Review has published the final version of “The Real Preference of the Voters: Madison’s Idea of a Top Three Election and the Present Necessity of Reform.