Fun fact: In the U.S., ALL elections are state elections.
Senators are elected state-by-state, by popular vote.
Representatives (sometimes called Congressmen/Congresswomen) are elected by district. No district crosses state borders.
When one votes for President, one is not voting for Trump...
No, you're an idiot in thinking your opinion is the only and inevitable TROOF!
I'm actually sympathetic. I like the idea of the popular vote in the relevant constituency ruling the day.
But that ain't how it is, on your side of the Pond nor on mine.
You say that like it's a BAD thing!
In point of fact, "the British people" voted overwhelmingly for Labour and the Tories. The LibDumbs and the Nazis together got a relative handful of votes.
So give up and quit whinging.
Convince people that Reform is better than Labour or the Tories.
You really don't know how democracies work? What age are you?
Here's a hint. . . one whingy little bastard in Bolt-on don't get his way unless he can get a whole shitload of folk to agree with him.
I would not presume to tell you how to run your elections. Britain being a democracy, one must presume it is as the people want it to be. Or at least that they don't care enough to change it.
I claim that all of the key aspects of Scots culture: kilts, curling, haggis, Highland games, golf, and sheepshagging, are the result of the two fundamental components of Scottish life. . . boredom and alcohol.
There, see, petros, you bastard? You hurt Boomster's delicate feels with your callous disregard of a horrible crime that didn't happen.
Boomster's a very sensitive sort. What we used to call a "pussy."