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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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While I'm sure that has done a lot of good.

Unfortunately we're talking about representative democracy, and that's probably the opposite.

By no means am I an expert on Nebraska, but lm pretty sure the majority are conservative and voted for that awful shit.

But setting up a system of government that isn't really a democracy because you think voters are too stupid (in Nebraska you may be right) to vote in their own self interest is literally what got us to where we are nationally today. And what people are brainstorming about how to fix.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Omaha voted for Harris. We split the vote, though that's not likely to survive this session.

It doesn't fucking work. Nebraska is a unicameral still because the biggest population center leans to the left. The rest of the state would suddenly have to compromise with the people in Omaha. And they don't want to fucking do that. So, when they try to fuck us we have to hope that Megan Hunt or Ernie Chambers is around to put a stop to it. And even then, we still get fucked by the state.

A second house would likely preserve the split electoral vote in Nebraska. Without it, it's a matter of time before they muster up the 33 votes to kill it.