Comment on Should we create a new political party in the US, specifically for shitting on the rich?

• davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then do STAR, or approval. Those are simple. And I think even more likely to allow 3rd parties.

  Pretty much anything is better than FPTP.

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Personally, I think a 2 round system is the best bet.

    Or a non-partisan blanket primary with top 2 going into a 1vs1 general election.

    Both are similar, with the goal of eliminating the spoiler effect, and its easy to understand, since we are still choosing one name, but with 2 rounds of elections instead.

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    • davidgro@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Those don’t eliminate the spoiler effect, but it does end up looking different. (Maybe has a different name in this form?)

      My blue state has a blanket primary, and this last election I saw that demonstrated:

      One race had two Republicans and like half a dozen Democrats and another half a dozen in other parties. The Republican vote of course was split between the two candidates. The Democrat vote was split like a hydra and we very nearly had (few hundred votes away) the two Republicans go to the general!

      Fortunately, the top Dem barely squeaked into second place, and then easily won the general, but it was mighty close.

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