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RANKED CHOICE VOTING
make parties irrelevant
Precisely why they will never let this happen
Yep, all of us plebs want RCV. But the problem is in order to get it, we need one of two major parties in control to make the change. But they don't want to make the change because they know if they do, us plebs will actually start voting for independent parties and they'll lose their power. :(
It's not about voting for a party in RCV. It effectively solves almost all of the US political dysfunction. With RCV...
Honestly, I get erect just thinking about how much better things could be with this system of voting. It's essentially like a unionization for our political system, which is why it will never happen.
Why would the wolves opt to remove themselves from the hen house?
So you gonna just keep complaining online or do something to make them?
Pleasantly surprised to see this is the top comment.
Comparison of various voting systems...
https://fairvote.org/archives/alternatives-to-rcv/
I'm personally in favor of STAR, takes how leading candidates fair in head to head matchups against each other without confronting voters with the possible ballot Atlas of a true condorcet vote
This is a core policy of the Forward Party along with open primaries and independent redistricting commissions.
Let go full stv
Stop Tim (my neighbor from) Voting? I'm for that. Dude is a giant dork and votes explicitly for things he thinks will fuck things up, not things he thinks will improve society. He's a doomsday dude, wants society to go to hell in a handbasket so, per his religion, his god can come and fuck it up more. I mean, believe what you want, just, let's try and make this place better not worse.