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[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago
[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 months ago

I do think RCV would be a better system than what we have now, but I have very little confidence that it could ever be implemented without some loopholes that would essentially undermine it.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Do you think Australia/Ireland have those loopholes too, or is there something else we need to fix first before it'll work here?

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 months ago

Look up STAR voting. Similar but better system.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

And Schulze is even better than that, but we're never going to get anything better than FPTP if we can't coordinate on a first step.

Heck, I feel a little dirty inside calling IRV by "RCV" to appeal to the general public.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 months ago

I do have that concern but based on how RCV has worked in some real elections my concerns with it a major enough that it might be worth it to advocate for a different system. I don’t want electoral reforms as a whole to go down because of imperfections with RCV.

[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I mean gotta coalesce around something cause right now debating before the door is even opened is seriously killing momentum.

Edit: Think back to occupy. People defeating each other before the real battle even starts is a guaranteed way to lose.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml -5 points 3 months ago

I'm not familiar with how elections work in those countries, but from what I do hear, Aussie politics is pretty rightwing.

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