These sorts of explanations are very neat and educational, I think, but to me they aren't that effective in actually bringing us closer to using a new voting sy

These sorts of explanations are very neat and educational, I think, but to me they aren't that effective in actually bringing us closer to using a new voting system. All the discussion here is an example of what tends to happen, which is people arguing over what the very best voting system is. But it's so easy to construct argument for or against any particular system. I think a better tactic to actually use a new system is to share a vision to the general population of what voting under a new system would actually be like. Once the public at large is in favor of the general idea of moving to a new system, actually picking the best system should be more of an implementation detail. In other words, walk the voter through a simulated ballot casting and show them what the results of the election might be under such a system. I gave an effort to do this here: http://asivitz.com/voting/ http://asivitz.com/voting/ I'm not sure how well I succeeded though.