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The two needs aren't as orthogonal as the headline suggests, though. It might be possible, for instance, to start a third party that exists solely to pressure
by dane-pgp 4y ago
The two needs aren't as orthogonal as the headline suggests, though.
It might be possible, for instance, to start a third party that exists solely to pressure the Democrats into supporting RCV (first at the state level, then federally).
And of course one of the main benefits of RCV is that it can allow a third (and fourth...) party to gain traction, although it can also improve politics just by making the existing parties more representative of their voters, since they won't be able to rely on the "lesser of two evils" effect.
- chiefalchemist 4y agoPut another way, RCV better reflects the will of The People. And that ineffect influence the parties (not the other way around).
- isitmadeofglass 4y ago> It might be possible, for instance, to start a third party that exists solely to pressure the Democrats into supporting RCV Yes, and the more votes that third party gets, the less likely it is that the democrats have any power and therefore the less likely that they fulfill their mission. Which is the whole point why you need RCV in a system like the American. There is no way to move gracefully towards an improvement to the system, because your only options work counter to your goal right until the point where you have a full and sole majority in which case you didn’t change the two party problem, you just replaced one of the parties.