Hi Paul,

I would have to think a while on proportional and ranked voting. I believe you are correct, it would take massive effort to change to those systems.  All in all I think our voting system now is fine.  By switching to another party I see that more as something that an individual could do with little effort with the potential of a large impact.  If enough voters started moving out of the republican and democratic parties to other parties along with the independents or unaffiliated voters, I think the two parties would have to do something to keep their members.  An open primary would be one bone the two parties could throw to quell the masses.  It wouldn't be enough for me though.  I started thinking about becoming a Libertarian a couple of days ago and each day I move a little closer to doing it.  Thanks for the reply.