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> An intriguing new tool of democracy just had its first test in the real world of politics, and it passed with flying colors. how can you even measure if a vo
by localhostdotdev 7y ago
> An intriguing new tool of democracy just had its first test in the real world of politics, and it passed with flying colors.
how can you even measure if a voting system is a success?
- weberc2 7y agoSpecifically, how does one measure democracy? I hadn't thought about this before, but I'm intrigued and no good answers are springing to mind.
- localhostdotdev 7y agothere is a democracy index: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index there is something similar for voting systems but it isn't as elegant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_electoral_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_electoral_system...
- furyofantares 7y agoBy asking the people voting how well they feel they are able to express their interests and how well they think the result expresses the group interest. In this case it sounds like they’ve got a group who are used to voting together and having outcomes that don’t make it very clear exactly what the group wants, and then after implementing this the group found the results much more expressive.