MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agoThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlimagemessage-square240linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlMarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square240linkfedilink
minus-squareBluewing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoAny time you have an election, the winning choice is always ‘first past the post’. No matter how many rounds of voting you place in the way.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoUh, no, that’s not how this works at all.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoI get your point, but what those systems do is they don’t let massively unpopular candidates win by dividing the opposition and they let third parties compete without splitting the vote.
minus-squarewurstgulasch3000@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agothere are other methods, ranked choice for example
Any time you have an election, the winning choice is always ‘first past the post’. No matter how many rounds of voting you place in the way.
Uh, no, that’s not how this works at all.
I get your point, but what those systems do is they don’t let massively unpopular candidates win by dividing the opposition and they let third parties compete without splitting the vote.
there are other methods, ranked choice for example