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I was going to show that link as well. His explanation of instant runoff convinced me.
by yannickmahe 15y ago
I was going to show that link as well. His explanation of instant runoff convinced me.
- DennisP 15y agoInstant runoff has some mathematical problems. Ranking your favorite candidate highly can actually work against you. http://www.rangevoting.org/IrvPathologySurvey.html http://www.rangevoting.org/IrvPathologySurvey.html Empirically, every country with instant runoff still has two-party dominance. A better system is range voting: http://www.rangevoting.org/ http://www.rangevoting.org/ For a really great book on different voting systems and their advantages and disadvantages, see Gaming the Vote by William Poundstone.
- jacques_chester 15y ago> Empirically, every country with instant runoff still has two-party dominance. I suspect this a property of single-member electorates. Australia has IRV, but Senators are elected proportionally within each state. The major parties have more members but do not always command a majority, and most Senates require negotiation to proceed. However because the House of Representatives almost always goes to one party or the other, it is possible to form the Executive and govern. It's a fairly effective hybrid.
- MetalAndWheels 15y agoThanks for that. I'm the creator of those videos and I'm really glad to know that the AV one actually changed minds.