Election 2024 and the Irrationality of Majoritarian Voting
When Kamala Harris ran for the Democratic Party’s Nomination for President in 2019, she did so poorly that she dropped out of the race before a single vote was cast in any of the Party’s primary elections. She had a bright moment after embarrassing Joe Biden in a debate about his 1970s position on busing public-school students, but her star faded quickly after she flip-flopped on socialized medicine and generally demonstrated that she was a poor candidate. Biden nevertheless chose her as his running mate, and she performed rather poorly as a vice-president, something which is hard to do. Even friendly partisan media aired criticism of her performance as vice-president. Then, after Biden was set aside by pressure from Party leaders in and out of government and big donors who threatened to withhold campaign and superPAC money, Harris became the Party’s presumptive nominee for President without a single primary vote. Last week, Party faithful in Chicago formally anointed her as their candidate, and she leads in national polls over Republican Donald Trump. In political terms, it is a long time until November 5, but right now it looks like she could possibly win the race an
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