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Megastudy testing 25 ways to reduce antidemocratic attitudes, partisan animosity

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18 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 14:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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yarg ◴[22 Oct 24 14:26 UTC] No.41914651[source]▶
Ranked choice voting seems like the most reasonable choice - the current FPP system lends itself to strategic voting and a two-party system with increasingly polarised parties.

Ranked choice allows for a middle ground to form independently of the parties at the outer fringes - it doesn't necessarily mean the centre wins, but it does exist and have a chance.

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1. xscott ◴[23 Oct 24 10:01 UTC] No.41923508[source]▶
I wonder why approval voting seems to always get lost in the discussion. It seems so much simpler, and it doesn't have the frailty where a close race for third or fourth place can radically change the results for first place at the last minute.

My only guess is that people really want to say, "This one is my favorite, followed by..." instead of saying, "These ones are acceptable", but there are some real downsides to that.

In the US, we've had several states play games when it comes to counting and reporting votes. With ranked choice, these places could cause uncertainty for weeks. With approval voting, a clear winner can be known if there is one.