First past the post (the default in most US elections) is very problematic because it usually fails to elect the candidate that would make the average voter mos

First past the post (the default in most US elections) is very problematic because it usually fails to elect the candidate that would make the average voter most happy. We need innovation in how we elect our representatives if we want our democracy to continue to thrive. I think IRV is an interesting step towards an alternative to FPTP, but as others have noted, it also has serious flaws. Condorcet methods (of which there are many) and approval voting / score voting much better, and I wish we would see more adoption of these. I would encourage you to look at approval voting, which is as simple as FPTP (the only difference is that you can vote for as many candidates as you want, instead of just one), but produces much better outcomes. https://ncase.me/ballot/ https://ncase.me/ballot/ is a good explainer of different voting methods.