<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:20:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/electoral/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis of Alleged Voter Fraud in Vladimir Putin's Presidential Election Victory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Title: Annotation: This analytical report investigates allegations of voter fraud in the recent presidential election, where Vladimir Putin secured a significant portion of the votes. Utilizing mathematician]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voter/@osint1337/analysis-of-alleged-voter-fraud</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voter/@osint1337/analysis-of-alleged-voter-fraud</guid><category><![CDATA[voter]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[osint1337]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:20:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvGBHDnRaj2z6FsL6XEQR3pnqa26GnVNSgFHz3QZwDk3hza12r9cSsZE25KCthfurRjEpYuYFS84CRQJUNtoCLzkbs1VuxR8fNXCALtN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking the Two-Party Hold: The Surprising Viability of Third-Party Candidacies in the US]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the ever-evolving landscape of American politics, the conversation around third-party candidacies has taken center stage, especially with the looming question of their potential to act as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smen/breaking-the-two-party-hold-the-surprising-viability-of-third-party-candidacies-in-the-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@smen/breaking-the-two-party-hold-the-surprising-viability-of-third-party-candidacies-in-the-us</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[smen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:22:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKaapBH3qwmEZeimAxECSVo91H6DdUAVt2PqekxPARccSkPaRVLHTPBoYhuFDjt9YHAWyY5w1hwd8ywNSRe34SDfq1LcVx4bFkY8zQmuBYdYLwSeynXRreRS4Kphjzsg5zVJsdYYoVqoZqg8N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Election night in Quebec.]]></title><description><![CDATA[First-past-the-post/district-based electoral systems produce distortions in many places, including the US. But yesterday's Quebec election takes the cake. The ruling right-wing nationalist CAQ party converted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/quebec/@arbitration/election-night-in-quebec</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/quebec/@arbitration/election-night-in-quebec</guid><category><![CDATA[quebec]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2022 00:03:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdHVBsg9fyvrKGyJb4ppuHxnFmoTRMYVmrdQvb83prQAA5k3i8Aq7isJZXyGviiT8QSFGex3xkq2jjiRJnBskZb27SGSk7GP8AE2qEktSCzhSmgm2n2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on RCV?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I really like two things about it. One... It completely does away entirely with the "I'd vote for them but they can't possibly win" argument, because if your vote matters it'll eventually go]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voting/@nooses/thoughts-on-rcv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voting/@nooses/thoughts-on-rcv</guid><category><![CDATA[voting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 21:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZ6odhod2CJFyq6oD79vSu693jz5ortg2ybvehukdUFDaTLF2zpZqxieDoQuEVLNQrWcwaLqtxMy4GGR68Y464aFT5fBygYksuarMT9xkMWHMx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discriminating against minority voters?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m no expert on voting laws, but I do wonder about the legitimacy of this latest round of moves and counter-moves by the Republican-led state of Texas and the Democratic-led federal Department of Justice.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/texas/@nooses/discriminating-against-minority-voters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/texas/@nooses/discriminating-against-minority-voters</guid><category><![CDATA[texas]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2021 00:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCZ6odhod2CJFypUw7FYo2iLNQn28yooV9G8xM9UBvWqqwo1Dyc1zFCr9VZ3aeZSsSPZpxtfU9y4BEBfDRLP3mRW98urghLAESmoVHnqtUb74B8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why don’t Republicans win the popular vote?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last 30 years, the GOP has only won the popular vote in one presidential election, with 2004 and lost it every other time. This might make some sense if looking at 2020. The states which voted for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/republican/@leguna/why-dont-republicans-win-the-popular-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/republican/@leguna/why-dont-republicans-win-the-popular-vote</guid><category><![CDATA[republican]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:21:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCXp44VvvRtFgSEWCaqTtaUHKNaizeaTWA7bNBjNZHSmumPdhrw4uJWxr7RcRq6dXT3VF8vNJGuqUe1TSLXVxixsn7LgEwqfk14xyv73eWFCHUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proportional Representation, Backbenchers and Electoral Disconnect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's start off with a simple, overall question: How often does an average citizen feel connected to the goings-on of politicians that represent them and their country? I realize that the 'average citizen']]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@pieternijmeijer/proportional-representation-backbenchers-and-electoral-disconnect</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@pieternijmeijer/proportional-representation-backbenchers-and-electoral-disconnect</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pieternijmeijer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 21:00:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc3V1MofCfZdFT1f7CeeD8wGAuvZHE26Hq4fQTibJDgtWXbCpHr28NKPrRZvfN7KDX5ARbMZdh5kzrHNzhrtZ4BVj4E6X7GfzQXEdeydoW21uPaaJGzHt2K93WGW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why those of us who voted for Trump twice should abandon him now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[FOUR REASONS FOR TELLING TRUMP TO GO AWAY. I voted for Trump in the 2016 general election and again in the 2020 general election. Perhaps more accurately, I voted AGAINST Hillary Clinton in 2016 and AGAINST]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@arbitration/why-those-of-us-who-voted-for-trump-twice-should-abandon-him-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@arbitration/why-those-of-us-who-voted-for-trump-twice-should-abandon-him-now</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:54:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdHVBsg9fyvrKGyJb4qEQjNQgjUMVJrt9VTCVPSgDWigvrEGTUkEiCYhvnas5oAvBsjys9HGxaV4aAsgeDSuP22EdTKJhWnSVVV7MMHURnpRDaKZjyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military involvement over electoral theft is bad for the country, worse for democracy. ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Calling on the military to prevent an electoral theft of the presidency is a far worse thing than the electoral theft itself would be. Let's assume for a moment that the Democrats did in fact steal the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@leguna/military-involvement-over-electoral-theft-is-bad-for-the-country-worse-for-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@leguna/military-involvement-over-electoral-theft-is-bad-for-the-country-worse-for-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:50:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpVUokD2fAzYA3TKdYhUFQhJZbJZ67FELuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[El reaprendizaje de lo que pasa en EUA, la lucha de la verdad vs. la mentira.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nos toca un muy grande periodo de reaprendizaje, por qué? Está pasando que lo que dábamos como hechos ciertos, ya no lo son. Los sucesos que por ejemploestamos viendo alrededor de las elecciones en EE.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/eeuu/@sellergenius/el-reaprendizaje-de-lo-que-pasa-en-eua-la-lucha-de-la-verdad-vs-la-mentira</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/eeuu/@sellergenius/el-reaprendizaje-de-lo-que-pasa-en-eua-la-lucha-de-la-verdad-vs-la-mentira</guid><category><![CDATA[eeuu]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sellergenius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:41:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yoXoGCCgZvo2HjgcUgMTMcgvDk2qsPVFDpV4GPvAc6nE9XRSmqMqVu1uJ7TCzHxbLzFcyVjjms5xesYMzoG5df8zdKRgarZHjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believing in the voting fairy.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think phrases like "will of the people" or "the people have spoken" are incoherent gibberish due to things like Arrow's theorem and the work of others, including Buchanan and Tullock.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/democracy/@nooses/believing-in-the-voting-fairy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/democracy/@nooses/believing-in-the-voting-fairy</guid><category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:17:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrqK543e93tPi8pDAagxzLsDbkfDcSu9pU7g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No system can represent everyone unless the votes are unanimous.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Critics say the electoral college erases some people's voices. But majority rule already erases the voice of the losing minority. The flaw in the electoral college is a flaw in any system that doesn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/electoral/@flexbooth/no-system-can-represent-everyone-unless-the-votes-are-unanimous</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/electoral/@flexbooth/no-system-can-represent-everyone-unless-the-votes-are-unanimous</guid><category><![CDATA[electoral]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:00:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrWe7KyyRHXzeiP1CJfhMppnSKMZVKJNX5Ea9ZKnAK9AYPVhAUwabUm4uYMpLWRKkdMu6TUJ36SQaRmx9UJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electoral College and winning the election.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm arguing the electoral college with some folks, and I want to make two points for everyone to see. The electoral college was nothing more than a compromise over how to select the president, between]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@leguna/electoral-college-and-winning-the-election</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@leguna/electoral-college-and-winning-the-election</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:37:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPaYV4kTz4GCveAWxV8mUAgE6jg7PzdvQBoGn97TMw5BrrpVUokD2fAzsYQzx5ypagX3cqnTa4PCrKGa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Electoral College vs the National Popular Vote : Big City Folk vs the Rest of Us.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's more at stake in the battle over how we elect our president than merely who sits in the White House. The cartoonist Ramirez is typically piercingly brilliant but he got the caption on this cartoon]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/election/@pomeline/the-electoral-college-vs-the-national-popular-vote-big-city-folk-vs-the-rest-of-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/election/@pomeline/the-electoral-college-vs-the-national-popular-vote-big-city-folk-vs-the-rest-of-us</guid><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[pomeline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:53:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP4sGyAPyM8Ym8YSgwxaTAaYsKxc8ujw3RfV1ZCx45BkUykyZbDdftzt8PkMbeTcCVUqsriqLoY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land should vote. Most people are dumber than dirt.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a nice graphic. One of the persistent lie level irritations caused by conservatives is their pretence or misunderstanding that the amount of territory your votes cover doesn't matter. The electoral]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@honeybee/land-should-vote-most-people-are-dumber-than-dirt</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@honeybee/land-should-vote-most-people-are-dumber-than-dirt</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Dec 2019 03:40:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeFH17HXZJnQ7arzmxxjjXFU7JXiqJjJDA5RSQF6QChSoLK9vpjqAUEVmEA7iEJEtavQcuTmty?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The environment is needed as an electoral issue]]></title><description><![CDATA[The issue of climate change was invoked in the election campaign on Sunday, at the dawn of a week of climate that will culminate in the big demonstration on Friday in the presence of activist Greta Thunberg.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/electoral/@infoslink/theenvironmentisneededasanelectoralissue-9wqcbyxvdo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/electoral/@infoslink/theenvironmentisneededasanelectoralissue-9wqcbyxvdo</guid><category><![CDATA[electoral]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[infoslink]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:29:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFegpKbFjQjo1gFCeAteM3n7ATkovvCas9JjuzJkfQW1rJXhHttSRYAB4tGJmvvmPXbmJDzaF3TzM9MupMeGHwZnZm1of8WQrPQa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls Electoral College 'scam' — Is it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to address Andrea Ocasio-Cortez’s comments on the electoral college. Her understanding of it is deeply mistaken, but she does make one valuable claim about expanding it if we don’t eliminate it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@honeybee/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-electoral-college-scam-is-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@honeybee/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-calls-electoral-college-scam-is-it</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[honeybee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:50:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPPhYmuEBVgvD2Ch4tFbKp3fCv1HnfcCDesq7iBQTtdJVC9mV9PufCsRsSwAJpHR3ki5hQai4Er?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robert Epstein Reveals to Senator Cruz How Big Tech Manipulates Elections]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the July 16, 2019 Senate hearing on #Google and #censorship, former editor of #Psychology Today, Dr. Robert Epstein, exposed Google’s role in America’s #elections. In an exchange with Senator Ted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/censorship/@alexanderrogge/robert-epstein-reveals-to-senator-cruz-how-big-tech-manipulates-elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/censorship/@alexanderrogge/robert-epstein-reveals-to-senator-cruz-how-big-tech-manipulates-elections</guid><category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alexanderrogge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 06:28:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memeday s03m36e01 - Entry #4 - electoral college]]></title><description><![CDATA[Entry 4 for MemeDay Join in the fun:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memeday/@cyrus33/memeday-s03m36e01---entry-4---electoral-college-20190712t050913</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memeday/@cyrus33/memeday-s03m36e01---entry-4---electoral-college-20190712t050913</guid><category><![CDATA[memeday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cyrus33]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:09:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7258xSVeJbKkzXhyseBP4PYz11eBDT8sW2oR1a4vfVFS6HuAWdHUBvGeSc75iTJ8iNY6sRijw2bLtaCbwGmGasZQvrumpqnUKAiXEKN1zLPCpTFUSnKsJFQLnhHViM2nDVDwuxqH42Dka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resultado de las elecciones en el Parlamento Europeo]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/elecciones/@lalupita/resultado-de-las-elecciones-en-el-parlamento-europeo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/elecciones/@lalupita/resultado-de-las-elecciones-en-el-parlamento-europeo</guid><category><![CDATA[elecciones]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lalupita]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 19:54:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcFT2xLCTYTrx5UyHmQeVCpoZaoj434pyHTuMbeWHc8aKpyNmnF5hJZtPftcEE61yqB4EmhpWMXfAReGtHfz9pJ2BMQqk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>