My theory is that any election system designed by a man can be kinked by another man. Hundreds of millions of dollars are flowing into election coffers, and much skulduggery. My solution would be to reduce the power of the elective offices to reduce the amount of fraud and corruption, and need to steal elections.
By decentralizing the power in Washington we would reduce the attractiveness of those offices. The power would then be transferred to the state level. The lobbyist would then have to split their efforts into fifty states and one federal government and would lose much of their effectiveness.
You’ve touched on something very important. The more power at the center, the more certain and the more desperately important it becomes to control the center.
Reduce the power at the center and you reduce the value of the prize.
And you reduce the amount of damage that can be done from the center. If the other side gains power, its not the end of the world.
I think you are right about centralization of power. If power is centralized then the only way to achieve any goal is to get all the power. Increases intrigue, corruption.
That idea needs to be part of the Voters' Bill of Rights.