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That's a reason I like approval voting. It's easier to consider what your ballot's effect will be. That's hard with IRV.
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y ago
That's a reason I like approval voting. It's easier to consider what your ballot's effect will be. That's hard with IRV.
- roenxi 5y agoIronically, although no individual would want it, it is probably a good thing that it is hard to tell what a ballot's effect will be. If the situation is close the best outcome may be a somewhat random outcome. Having 1,000 extra votes determine the outcome is just as arbitrary as anything else.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoRegular voters will basically always prefer ranked choice over approval imo, because they really want to be able to rank their preferences. A leftist who wants a green party candidate but will hold their nose for a Democrat doesn't want them to be "equal" in how they vote.
- xscott 5y agoApproval voting makes much more sense to me. Consider ranked-choice if it were applied to the presidency: Given that some states are slow to report their results, there are scenarios where you can't fall back to people's second choices until all the votes are in and finalized to determine who lost the first round. With approval voting, you can declare a victor without running a state machine.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoWhy is this a problem in the age of computers and internet?
- donpott 5y agoBecause Electronic Voting is generally considered too attack-prone to be trusted. Relevant Tom Scott video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkH2r-sNjQs