MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agoThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlimagemessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up11.41K
arrow-up11.41KimageThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlMarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square256fedilink
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days 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-up3·15 days agothere are other methods, ranked choice for example
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoAmericans will literally do anything rather than implement proportional representation.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·15 days 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-up2·15 days 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.