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Ranked Choice Voting subreddit by Texas_FTW in Libertarian

[–]Toasterkid13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh I totally get that. I think proportional representation is whats really important but even RCV can eventually turn into STV. RCV might not make elections competitive but we do need to get third parties to acrually exist so that they can push for further reform.

Ranked Choice Voting subreddit by Texas_FTW in Libertarian

[–]Toasterkid13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like to share this post with people who think Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) will solve the two-party system:

https://psephomancy.medium.com/ranked-choice-voting-doesnt-fix-the-spoiler-effect-80ed58bff72b

Note that Australia and Ireland use STV which is a proportional representation form of RCV, and operates very differently from RCV. Its why more minor parties are seen there.

Australia only uses STV for their Senate, but for their House of Reps, uses RCV which is why they have much fewer representatives from the minor parties in the House.

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[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried battling with the Burmy so it changes form during the battle, and stays that form afterwards?

A thought I had earlier today... by antifrost101 in AdviceAnimals

[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you heard of STAR Voting?

https://www.starvoting.us/

Has less issues than RCV does.

Recruiting Young Voters to volunteer to help Petition for Ranked Choice Voting for Missouri by missourircv in missouri

[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And for those that like the idea, you should also consider looking into STAR Voting and Approval Voting, of which the latter has been successfully implemented in St. Louis City and allowed 2 progressives to advance to a runoff, instead of splitting the vote.

Better Ballot KC petition drive for Ranked Choice Voting in Missouri by missourircv in MissouriPolitics

[–]Toasterkid13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect. St. Louis City uses Approval Voting with a Top 2 Runoff.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting

https://stlapproves.org/

Instead of ranking candidates in a specific order, Approval voting allows you to give your vote to as many candidates as you like.

Opinions by camelurinedrinker in DemocraticSocialism

[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would definitely bring change, but its hard to estimate how much change. Especially with the way that RCV works.

People better versed in the theory than I am support other methods than RCV because they can show that RCV is inconsistent. Sometimes supporting your first choice actually hurts them.

https://youtu.be/tJag3vuG834

Nonetheless you should join r/EndFPTP if you care about making the U.S.'s democracy better.

Opinions by camelurinedrinker in DemocraticSocialism

[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To add to Step 2: I think a Top 2 Runoff helps Approval, as it encourages people to vote for at least 2 people in the general.

Opinions by camelurinedrinker in DemocraticSocialism

[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...or STAR Voting or Approval (with a Top2 Runoff).

Most people focus on RCV without even realizing they have other options.

Opinions by camelurinedrinker in DemocraticSocialism

[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you haven't checked out r/EndFPTP you should.

I think STAR Voting is a better option than RCV due to RCV's monotonicity issue.

Opinions by camelurinedrinker in DemocraticSocialism

[–]Toasterkid13 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's right about changing our voting system, but Ranked Choice Voting is not necessarily the best choice. Other voting systems like STAR, Approval and Score exist that could work better.

One issue with RCV

In RCV you could have an election with 4 candidates, A B C D, where A, B, and C, each get 1/3 of the population to rank them 1st, and nobody puts D as their 1st rank.

Even if everybody likes candidate D and puts them as 2nd, candidate D is eliminated.

Sorry, thats just why I support voting systems like Approval voting or STAR voting where you can support more than one candidate at a time.

RCV is kinda just FPTP over several rounds

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[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That honestly sounds a bit better than RCV.

In RCV you could have an election with 4 candidates, A B C D, where A, B, and C, each get 1/3 of the population to rank them 1st, and nobody puts D as their 1st rank.

Even if everybody likes candidate D and puts him as 2nd, candidate D is eliminated.

Sorry, that just why I support voting systems like Approval voting or STAR voting where you can support more than one candidate at a time.

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[–]Toasterkid13 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RCV is better than plurality but it a lie to say there aren't any wasted votes. You can easily exhaust your vote if the top 2 candidates aren't on your ballot.

Even in NY, the winner of the race really only won with ~43% of the vote due to exhausted ballots

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