MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlimagemessage-square248linkfedilinkarrow-up11.44K
arrow-up11.44KimageThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlMarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square248linkfedilink
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-up3·1 year agothere are other methods, ranked choice for example
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAmericans will literally do anything rather than implement proportional representation.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoUh, no, that’s not how this works at all.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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.
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.
Uh, no, that’s not how this works at all.
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.