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RCV completely solves the “spoiler candidate” problem, which is a huge issue limiting choice and innovation in the two-party-dominated US. Approval Voting rema
by rectang 4mo ago
RCV completely solves the “spoiler candidate” problem, which is a huge issue limiting choice and innovation in the two-party-dominated US. Approval Voting remains susceptible to spoilers.
In the US there are already people who complain that any election they lose must been “rigged”, including the current occupant of the White House. Choosing Approval Voting over RCV is not going to bring such people around; it’s rhetorical advantages are inconsequential.
- gs17 4mo agoNo, approval voting effectively solves spoilers. For example, the Green Party can't be a spoiler for the Democratic Party as people who like both will simply vote for both. RCV has its own novel form of spoiler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_squeeze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_squeeze The 2022 Alaska special election is a great example of RCV failing where approval voting wouldn't. And FairVote had the nerve to say it showed Alaskans understood and could use the system. > Choosing Approval Voting over RCV is not going to bring such people around It's a lot easier to claim the system is rigged when the voting system is much more complex in a way that most voters will not understand.
- ClayShentrup 4mo agothanks for actually knowing what you're talking about.
- ClayShentrup 4mo agono it does not. http://rangevoting.net/CoreSuppPocket http://rangevoting.net/CoreSuppPocket https://wonk.blog/duopoly https://wonk.blog/duopoly approval voting actually DOES and it is better in every other way too.