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NZ and a great many European countries use neither plurality voting nor RCV-IRV for their nationwide legislative elections. (France and some US states use a two
by lambertsimnel 4y ago
NZ and a great many European countries use neither plurality voting nor RCV-IRV for their nationwide legislative elections. (France and some US states use a two-round system, which is essentially a bastardised form of RCV-IRV.)
Some European countries (at least France and Ireland) use RCV-IRV or a two-round system for their presidential elections, but Australia, NZ and several European countries are constitutional monarchies, and therefore don't have presidential elections.