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Randomising the matchups is a terrible idea, because candidates will claim that the matchups have been fixed, and you won’t be able to refute that in a way that
by dave4420 3y ago
Randomising the matchups is a terrible idea, because candidates will claim that the matchups have been fixed, and you won’t be able to refute that in a way that convinces most people.
> Likewise, everyone else will thoroughly research the 2 candidates they have to decide between.
Hahaha no.
I’m sure you’re very conscientious and would do this. You are not typical.
- spencerchubb 3y agoI agree that most people are not conscientious and have little incentive to research candidates thoroughly! That's precisely why each voter should research 2 candidates. The alternative is that every voter has to analyze all candidates (this is the case in our current system)
- dave4420 3y agoIn the current American system, most voters only research the top two candidates, if that. (i.e. they don’t vote in the primaries.) Alaska seems to have got voters to consider the top four, that seems like an approach worth rolling out more widely.
- spencerchubb 3y agoIndeed, in America most voters only research two candidates. That's a big problem because the best person to be president is probably neither Biden nor Trump. A bracket would allow us to process thousands of candidates while only requiring each individual to research 2 candidates.