From someone arguing that approval voting is better than RCV because... centrists would win more.

  • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    In terms of idealist voting reform I prefer single transferable vote. You just rank a set of candidates and if your first choice is eliminated (is least voted candidate) your second becomes your vote and so on until all seats are filled. It’s different from instant runoff because it’s for multi-representative districts, increasing the chance that your preferred candidates actually get elected.

    Ireland does this. The results are that:

    • 70% of the voters get at least one of their candidates into parliament

    • their kids draw things like this :i-voted: