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squiblet@kbin.social 1 year agoWithout voting system reform, competitive 5 way races would be a disaster. That would mean a candidate could win with 23% of the vote. Imagine if you have Fascist McJones running vs 2 Liberals, 1 Leftist and Joe the Fruit Cookie. Fascist McJones gets 23%, 2 Liberals split 44%, Leftist gets 20% and Joe Fruit Cookie gets 13%. Fascist McJones wins despite their ideology having overall 41% less voters.
Look, I didn’t say it was an easy thing to achieve. I said it’s a dream I have.
Probably a pipe dream given current political realities. it really would be nice, though, to have people that we’re voting for based on their merits. and not because of the other idiot’s objectionable qualities. “The lesser of 2 evils” voting style is exactly why we’re in this place.
Sure,l it's a lovely idea, just that switching to 3-5 way races without changing the voting system of winner-takes-all would be worse.
SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 year ago
RCV doesn’t allow that to happen.
squiblet@kbin.social 1 year ago
Yes, that's what I meant by "without voting system reform".
Someone pointed out flaws of RCV to me one time and had a suggestion for a better system, but unfortunately I don't recall the details.