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It's actually quite concerning to see the media attention that IRV has received as a result of Maine passing the RCV measure. A much better voting system (acros
by z1mm32m4n 10y ago
It's actually quite concerning to see the media attention that IRV has received as a result of Maine passing the RCV measure. A much better voting system (across many different metrics for what a "better" voting system means) is range voting. For a comparison of the differences between the two, see here[1].
[1]: http://rangevoting.org/IrvExec.html http://rangevoting.org/IrvExec.html
- lambertsimnel 10y agoWhy is it concerning? As I understand it, Range Voting supporters object that IRV performs poorly (in terms of Bayesian regret) because voters don't understand how it works. Maybe the attention will help to educate voters and improve its performance. Also, isn't it enough to improve on the status quo?