balderdash to [email protected] • edit-22 years agoTwo Party System. Why.lemmy.zipimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1158
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minus-squarebalderdashOPlinkfedilink8•edit-22 years agoSweden, Germany, Colombia, Australia, etc. Ranked/Alternative/Proportional voting. We should have multiple choices without fear of voting for less popular options being useless. With our current system we basically can’t vote for third parties.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoI’m skeptical of ranked choice voting being a panacea after watching Eric Adams get elected in New York
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoLet’s not pretend that ranked choiced voting in Oz didn’t elect Tony Abbott, the prototype for Trump’s one liners and spewing hate. Every answer to whatever question: “Stap the boats” Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for it. But it’s not some silver bullet that will make all the party candidates turn into Jesus.
Sweden, Germany, Colombia, Australia, etc. Ranked/Alternative/Proportional voting. We should have multiple choices without fear of voting for less popular options being useless. With our current system we basically can’t vote for third parties.
I’m skeptical of ranked choice voting being a panacea after watching Eric Adams get elected in New York
Let’s not pretend that ranked choiced voting in Oz didn’t elect Tony Abbott, the prototype for Trump’s one liners and spewing hate.
Every answer to whatever question: “Stap the boats”
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for it. But it’s not some silver bullet that will make all the party candidates turn into Jesus.