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Ranked choice voting just solidifies incumbents in power even more than now. What we need are term limits.

• dane-pgp 4y ago
  RCV creates a path for new parties to form, while preventing existing parties from being taken over by extremists. This leads to parties becoming more representative of their voters (and gives more people a reason to vote). Term limits just change the balance away from elected politicians (who can build up a reputation for integrity and competence) and towards the unelected party machinery, who inexperienced politicians are more dependent on. (Of course, for life-time appointments like supreme court justices, term limits would be an improvement, you're right).
• pessimizer 4y ago
  > Ranked choice voting just solidifies incumbents in power even more than now. Not only that, but they remain in power with fantasy mandates, because people who hated them were forced to rank them. In Australia, it's criminal not to rank candidates you hate, and criminal to encourage people not to include particular candidates in their rankings, aka a Langer Vote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Langer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Langer Australia: Political activist becomes first prisoner of conscience for over 20 years (Albert Langer) https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa12/005/1996/en/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa12/005/1996/en/