But you aren’t talking about the most important factors, both of which are mathematical:
– the constraints on what is regarded as a valid ballot, and
– the tally characterized as a mathematical function from the valid ballots to the electoral outcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law
http://asitoughttobe.com/2010/07/18/score-voting/
http://rangevoting.org/Cash3.html
“Political money flows like water around, over, under obstacles put in its way….” — Jim Mueller
https://1787regime.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/money-in-politics/
This Goes Not Only to Common Cause, but to other orgs as well
To ACLU
A number of organizations, yourselves included, are putting forth weak proposals toward a democratic republic in order to distract from the strong proposals and thereby perpetuate two-party dominance and thereby the absolute rule of capital and thereby the end of humankind via excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and ocean.