MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlimagemessage-square252linkfedilinkarrow-up11.43Karrow-down177
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imageThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlMarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square252linkfedilink
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·2 months agoAny time you have an election, the winning choice is always ‘first past the post’. No matter how many rounds of voting you place in the way.
minus-squarewurstgulasch3000@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agothere are other methods, ranked choice for example
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAmericans will literally do anything rather than implement proportional representation.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI get your point, but what those systems do is they don’t let massively unpopular candidates win by dividing the opposition and they let third parties compete without splitting the vote.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoUh, no, that’s not how this works at all.
Any time you have an election, the winning choice is always ‘first past the post’. No matter how many rounds of voting you place in the way.
there are other methods, ranked choice for example
Americans will literally do anything rather than implement proportional representation.
I get your point, but what those systems do is they don’t let massively unpopular candidates win by dividing the opposition and they let third parties compete without splitting the vote.
Uh, no, that’s not how this works at all.