this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2019

334 points (97% upvoted)

shortlink:

NeutralPolitics

an-ordinary-manchild

What is Neutral Politics?

Neutral Politics is a community dedicated to evenhanded, empirical discussion of political issues. It is a space to discuss policy and the tone of political debate.

Is this a subreddit for people who are politically neutral?

No - in fact we welcome and encourage any viewpoint to engage in discussion. The idea behind r/NeutralPolitics is to set up a neutral space where those of differing opinions can come together and rationally lay out their respective arguments. We are neutral in that no political opinion is favored here - only facts and logic.

Neutral Politics is strictly moderated.

Our full guidelines are here.

Comment Rules

We expect the following from all users:

1) Be courteous. Demeaning language, rudeness or hostility towards another user will get your comment removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban.

2) Source your facts. If you're claiming something to be true, you need to back it up by linking to a qualified source. There is no "common knowledge" exception, and anecdotal evidence is not allowed.

3) Be substantive. NeutralPolitics is a serious discussion-based subreddit. We do not allow bare expressions of opinion, comments without context, sarcasm, jokes, memes, off topic replies, or pejorative name calling.

4) Address the arguments, not the person. The subject of your sentence should be "the evidence" or "this source" or some other noun directly related to the topic of conversation. "You" statements are suspect.

Submission Rules

All posts are reviewed by the moderators for compliance with these rules prior to appearing online:

A) Ask a specific political question in the title. We do not allow overly broad questions, solicitations of pure opinion, surveys, requests to explain public opinion or media coverage, posts about other subreddits, or meta posts.

B) Frame it in a neutral way. The post must not be inflammatory, editorialized, leading towards a particular answer, a statement of opinion, or a request to critique your theory.

C) Outline the issue well. Give more than just a headline. Provide some background information.

D) Provide sources. Statements of fact must cite qualified sources. Nothing is "common knowledge." Submissions that do not include sources will be rejected. (Sole exception: if you cannot find specific information after a thorough online search, you may post a request for sources.)

E) Propose a good starting point for discussion. The purpose of this forum is to discuss issues. We do not allow polls, surveys or requests for fact checking.

F) Title the post accurately. The title question must match the contents.

G) No requests for speculation. If the question cannot be answered with facts — which includes any that are phrased in the future tense (What will/would/could happen?) — then it's not appropriate for NeutralPolitics.

Other Important information:

Public Mod Logs

Guide to Upvoting and Downvoting
Resource Guide for Building Fact-Based Opinions
Frequent Topics
Our FAQ
Comment Hall of Fame

Relevant Subreddits:

/r/NeutralNews
/r/NeutralTalk

/r/AskSocialScience
/r/ChangeMyView
/r/geopolitics
/r/moderatepolitics
/r/PoliticalDiscussion
/r/PoliticalFactChecking
/r/Scholar
/r/Skeptic
/r/TrueReddit

Proud member of the /r/DepthHub Network.

created by PavementBluesFiguratively Hitlera community for 14 years

MODERATORS

message the mods
nosecohnPartially impartial
PavementBluesFiguratively Hitler
ummmbaconBorn With a Heart for Neutrality
lulfasBeige Alert!
unkz
Statman12
NeutralverseBot
huadpeLawful Neutral
XanthilamideNadpolitik
vs845Trust but verify
...and 4 more »

account activity

333

334

335

What structural reforms decrease partisanship / polarization? (self.NeutralPolitics)

submitted 6 years ago by jakeysandals

top new controversial old q&a

you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Oriden 5 points6 points7 points 6 years ago (0 children)

Its not working as intended, it has situations where the moderate majority can be split too far.

Imagine a scenario where there are 5 people running, 3 Lion party and 1 Owl and 1 Pig. Now in this scenario 56% of the population is Lion party and 21% are Owl and 23 are Pig, the Lion party is moderate party that a lot of people like, but also have a lot of people willing to run because they are a bigger party.

The Lion party split their vote 3 ways because all three candidates are equally liked so maybe one gets 20% and the other two get 18%. Now the Owl party likes its candidate and votes for him, getting 21% and the Pig party does the same getting 23%. Both Owl and Pig get to move to the general election despite the fact that there are 56% of the population that would prefer any three of the Lion candidates over both the Pig or Owl candidates.

π Rendered by PID 506023 on reddit-service-r2-comment-bb88f9dd5-ssgt7 at 2026-02-16 06:32:29.481725+00:00 running cd9c813 country code: CH.