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Absolutely 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
by advantark2 10y ago
Absolutely 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.