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You'd still need to combine that with getting rid of FPTP, you can look at California this election cycle for an example. The multiple Democratic candidates ru
by pfranz 8y ago
You'd still need to combine that with getting rid of FPTP, you can look at California this election cycle for an example. The multiple Democratic candidates running against 2 Republican candidates might lead to 2 Republicans in the runoff even if way more Democrats turn out to vote. For the Democrats running dropping out is a prisoner's dilemma situation. It's giving people a bad opinion of that system.
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe California “jungle primary”effectively creates a new system—top-two/runoff—distinct from either form of FPTP, especially as usually practiced in the US where those follow a partisan primary.
- pfranz 8y agoI know I've seen some California elections have a 51% primary. I believe the Los Angeles Mayoral race was one. I wasn't sure if that applied to these jungle primaries or not since it's very doubtful anyone will get 51%. Either jungle or runoff system, with FPTP in place, seems to leave a bad taste in people's mouth when they see the top two in the same party. I think it's getting a lot more bad attention because the likely minority party has a good chance of getting the top two spots.