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Many people suggest ranked choice, but it has the significant problem that you might have little idea who won or who is leading until the very last vote is in.
by xscott 2y ago
Many people suggest ranked choice, but it has the significant problem that you might have little idea who won or who is leading until the very last vote is in. One vote in a close race could kick off a chain of events that changes everything. And for a Federal election, a stupid and stubborn state (like the one I'm living in) could stall and delay submitting their results for weeks.
Approval voting doesn't have this problem. When there's a clear winner, it's obvious and you can get back to business.
- DeepSeaTortoise 2y agoTBH, "counting votes" for weeks is an issue exclusive to banana republics. There are plenty of functional democracies like Germany, in which the votes are counted by the end of the day and the results dont change by several percentage points during the next few weeks after the election.
- xscott 2y agoFair enough, but the last US presidential election had this banana nonsense going on with various recounts lasting for weeks. Maybe you can fix all the states in the entire country while you rework the election system, but since ranked choice and approval voting both solve the two party problem, I don't know why you'd risk the down side for ranked choice.