Could redesigning the ballot system strengthen our democracy? It’s complicated.
The 2016 presidential election has raised all sorts of questions about the implementation of our election system. How can someone who lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes, and lost nearly two- thirds of the economy, still become president? It has a lot to do with our electoral system–a system most democracies don’t embrace. But could the design of the ballot also be a problem? And if so, is there a better way?