Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know about it(www.npr.org)

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world

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9 months ago

I don’t remember the name of it, but I really liked the one that weighed in disapproval. It’s similar to RCV, with a very important difference.

Like standard RCV, after a count that doesn’t result in a majority of voters with the same top-ranked candidate they eliminate a candidate.

But instead of removing the candidate with the least top-ranked votes, it removes the candidate with the most bottom-ranked votes.

The result is a system that trends away from a hyper-polarized 2-party system.

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prole@sh.itjust.works

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9 months ago

Oh I like this. Anyone got the name for it?

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Serinus@lemmy.world

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9 months ago

The result is that name recognition and bold statements are detrimental to getting elected. The result is that the most milquetoast , no-name, do nothings are who gets elected.

I get that people are dissatisfied with the current system. That doesn’t make literally anything else better.

These alternative voting systems are not the silver bullet that people think they are.

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