What is the superior voting methodology? To whom does each alternative benefit (lemmy.world)

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I'm not very well-versed on all this but it seems

Edit: I don't think this is the best, its just all I'm generally familiar with

First Past The Post

Benefits the two parties in a two-party duopoly system like that of the US. Boom or bust, black or white. When the party in power pisses you off you vote their competitor even if holding your nose.

Seems like there must be a better way, maybe just not as good for those who prefer shooting fish in a barrel

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[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net -3 points 5 days ago

Then you end up with Ed Stelmach as leader.

Runoff elections seem the best from my view point

[-] candybrie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

You know the alternate name for ranked choice? Instant runoff.

In your opinion, why does making everyone come out a second time produce better results?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 days ago

I don't like the idea of having to vote multiple times, but it's better than ranked choice, as with ranked you can get a person in that the majority of people didn't vote for. If you have multiple rounds of just one vote cast, at least you're picking the person you want each time, rather than 'i guess this person is better than person X, but i really don't want him in.

As I alluded to, this is what happened in Alberta politics - we had 3 candidates for conservative leadership: two were very polar, and one guy was in the middle, and thus the guy in the middle won, but no one really wanted him to win. Conversely, if they had just voted regularly, the guy that won would have been kicked out since voting for him wasn't an option. Then you could run the thing again, and get a better split between the polar candidates.

[-] Nighed@sffa.community 3 points 5 days ago

In any round though you only have 1 vote still, it's just collecting the votes ahead of time? The only thing you lose is knowing who is in each round in advance?

In your example, wouldn't the same candidates have been knocked out in each round regardless?

[-] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago

Again, see the chain, but my understanding was wrong. I was thinking ranked was you got multiple votes (1st preference, 2nd preference). That system sucks.

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