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Moving to proportional representation would greatly curtail gerrymandering or even eliminate it altogether, especially with some sort of ranked voting system. I
by Zach_the_Lizard 11y ago
Moving to proportional representation would greatly curtail gerrymandering or even eliminate it altogether, especially with some sort of ranked voting system. It also solves the third party problem; no longer does a vote for the Green party hurt the Democratic candidate or a Libertarian vote hurt the Republican candidate.
IIRC Spain has a system along these lines.
First past the post needs to go.
- specialist 11y agoPR tackles assemblies, councils, houses. +1 Approval voting is best for executive positions, like governor, mayor, sheriff. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting -- FPTP is terrible. Among other reasons, per Duverger's Law, it begats a two party system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law People railing against duopolies (Democrats & Republicans) haven't yet learned it's the result of the form of elections, not a natural law.
- ClayShentrup 11y agohttps://asitoughttobe.com/2010/07/18/score-voting/ https://asitoughttobe.com/2010/07/18/score-voting/
- ClayShentrup 11y agoYou can do proportional Approval Voting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jS7b-0PV9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jS7b-0PV9E