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> Much of the issue here is because of lack of understanding of the perspective of the other side. This sums up pretty much every political debate ever.
by SPBesui 10y ago
> Much of the issue here is because of lack of understanding of the perspective of the other side.
This sums up pretty much every political debate ever.
- advantark2 10y agoAbsolutely true. And the first-past-the-post voting system in America amplifies the us-vs-them mentality that has created political gridlock for nearly a decade now.
- lelandbatey 10y agoThats been my biggest takeaway from this entire election: we need to implement "Instant Runoff Voting" as the way we vote in this country. http://fairvote.org/ http://fairvote.org/
- jliptzin 10y agoSadly most Americans will fail to understand why IRV would be good or even how it works.
- seabee 10y agoCase in point: http://www.fairvote.org/lessons-from-burlington http://www.fairvote.org/lessons-from-burlington
- Kronopath 10y agoDisagree. IRV introduces some bizarre nonlinearities in the voting space that could lead to shockingly unintuitive behaviour. See these voting simulations for an example: http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ A better system would be something like approval voting, or condorcet, both described in the above link.