is a fake problem - If you can pass a driving test you can fill out a ranked choice ballot. I’ve never seen the (x is too hard average joe to understand) argument made in good faith on voting.
Fair. Common criticism but often its still not a major problem. Electronic voting machines can throw an error message for an improper ballots as well.
This is probably the best real criticism of RCV.
Weird outcomes tend to happen the more candidates are involved. Realistically the top 4 jungle primary system used by alaska is quite good though and 4 candidates are unlikely to have weird outcomes except where one bloc has 1 candidate and a second large voting bloc has 3
Alaska is why they hate it. They implemented ranked choice and immediately afterwards a Democrat won their House seat, something that normally be unheard of.
Step 1: Decide on what electoral system is best (for me, plurality representation and RCV or something like that)
Step 2: Launch a nationally-funded campaign to implement it in a small and friendly state and/or localities to demonstrate its effectiveness
Step 3: Success in some places ideally leads to adoption in other states and localities. Obviously some established politicians will recognize this as contrary to their interests and will oppose it, so relentlessly attack those politicians with crowdfunded political ads.
Step 4: Once it’s pretty much everywhere and obvious to everyone that the federal system is backwards compared to the country, push for a federal constitutional amendment.
What? Don’t you have great universities with Democratic Studies departments? Oh, wait, maybe they are protesting right now against your government support to a genocide.
You have to figure it out yourselves. IDK, but I think universities are good places to start looking for solid ideas, but they are not the only places.
I don’t think your politicians will allow it, in any case.
Provide me a solution that can reach the level of consensus required to modify the system.
Ranked choice voting has been making real progress.
Ranked choice is infinitely better than FPTP. I still don’t know why that is the choice to go in on when score voting exists.
Not as easy to explain and understand compared to score.
More likely to have invalid ballots compared to score.
Cannot tally in separate districts and join, it has to be one massive count.
More likely to have weird shit in close races compared to score.
If anyone already has inertia moving forward with ranked choice I support you. If anyone is starting from zero, please try for score voting.
is a fake problem - If you can pass a driving test you can fill out a ranked choice ballot. I’ve never seen the (x is too hard average joe to understand) argument made in good faith on voting.
Fair. Common criticism but often its still not a major problem. Electronic voting machines can throw an error message for an improper ballots as well.
This is probably the best real criticism of RCV.
Weird outcomes tend to happen the more candidates are involved. Realistically the top 4 jungle primary system used by alaska is quite good though and 4 candidates are unlikely to have weird outcomes except where one bloc has 1 candidate and a second large voting bloc has 3
I’d prefer Approval over RCV or score, but anything is better than FPTP.
“weird shit” would be everyone getting their second or 3rd choice because they weren’t as polarising, which would fix a bunch of problems.
Unless they don’t because the results for irv is chaotic and it tends to elect extremely candidates.
They literally made it illegal in Florida, thanks.
Republicans hate it and have been propagandizing against it because FPTP benefits them more.
Yet Alaska has it…
Alaska is why they hate it. They implemented ranked choice and immediately afterwards a Democrat won their House seat, something that normally be unheard of.
https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/18/alaska-house-committee-advances-legislation-to-repeal-ranked-choice-voting/
Step 1: Decide on what electoral system is best (for me, plurality representation and RCV or something like that)
Step 2: Launch a nationally-funded campaign to implement it in a small and friendly state and/or localities to demonstrate its effectiveness
Step 3: Success in some places ideally leads to adoption in other states and localities. Obviously some established politicians will recognize this as contrary to their interests and will oppose it, so relentlessly attack those politicians with crowdfunded political ads.
Step 4: Once it’s pretty much everywhere and obvious to everyone that the federal system is backwards compared to the country, push for a federal constitutional amendment.
What? Don’t you have great universities with Democratic Studies departments? Oh, wait, maybe they are protesting right now against your government support to a genocide.
The existence of universities does not provide a concensus. A quarter or the country is convinced universities are communist brainwashing clubs
You have to figure it out yourselves. IDK, but I think universities are good places to start looking for solid ideas, but they are not the only places.
I don’t think your politicians will allow it, in any case.