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I would put higher odds on Alaska repealing and going back to FPTP. That's what happened in a few US cities that have experienced controversial Condorcet failur
by gamegoblin 4y ago
I would put higher odds on Alaska repealing and going back to FPTP. That's what happened in a few US cities that have experienced controversial Condorcet failures with RCV, e.g. Burlington Vermont. The right-wing media machine is drumming up support for a repeal right now.
- t-writescode 4y agoI find your word choice here, “failure” interesting, as it worked as implemented, the local politicians just aren’t used to the new game they have to play.
- gamegoblin 4y agoI'm not saying RCV failed, I agree it worked as intended. "Condorcet failure" is a phrase meaning a failure of the voting system to select the Condorcet winner. If a candidate beats all other candidates in a 1-on-1 election, they are what is referred to as the Condorcet winner [1]. If a Condorcet winner exists, and an election system fails to select that candidate, that is a Condorcet failure. Whether or not you think Condorcet failures are important or not is a matter of opinion. But they are important to many people (at least on an intuitive level). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_winner_criterion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_winner_criterion