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A not terribly complicated algorithm which determines term length, based on percentage of votes compared to other candidates, within the context of voter turnout.
For example...
- 100% voter turnout, with 100% votes for a candidate gives a 12 year term;
- 70% turnout, with one party squeaking
by with 55% of cast ballots, gets a year.
Less than 40% turnout and candidates' heads are mounted on spikes by the main gate until a supplementary election can be organized and rolled out.
Gate spikes
http://htwww.imagea...ge=b21tabus1189.jpg I offer to sharpen said spikes. [whatrock, Nov 05 2016]
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I eagerly await our robot overlords. |
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Ahem ... "cybernetic", actually. |
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Some of this already exists in systems which are parliamentary, rather than presidential. In a parliamentary system, if one party barely wins then they can't get much done; they're at the mercy of minor parties and disgruntled back-bench MPs. Therefore, they may have to call another election sooner rather than later. |
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(Regrettably, this has become less true since 2011 in the UK, where the introduction of fixed-term parliaments has allowed virtually mandate-less governments to hang on for longer). |
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For a less than 40% voter turnout situation, mounting a few
absent voters' heads on spikes might improve things next
term. |
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