Comment on YSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with a minority of the votes

aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• locuester@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Correct!!

  youtu.be/qf7ws2DF-zk

  Everyone loves to whine about the system when a corner case hits, but they all have corner cases. You have to pick your poison.

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• otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good

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• chunes@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yes, it’s very interesting.

  Ranked choice’s corner case is non-monotonicity, meaning you can harm your chosen candidate by ranking him higher. That’s why I prefer something like range voting.

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  • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I also prefer range or approval voting

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• logicbomb@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What is your reason for saying that?

  Just saying something negative makes it seem like it’s a bad idea, but that just encourages people not to change at all. A voting system that tries to satisfy the Condorcet criteria will be far better than any FPTP system.

  It’s easier to tear down than it is to build up. What’s your proposed alternative?

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  • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Did you make a similar comment to OP, who only spoke negatively of a well-used and well-understood system?

    What is OP’s proposed alternative? What’s a realistic plan to get there?

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    • logicbomb@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Did you make a similar comment to OP, who only spoke negatively of a well-used and well-understood system?

      What is OP’s proposed alternative? What’s a realistic plan to get there?

      Here’s what OP said in the body of their post.

      Most european countries use 2 round elections or proportional representation.

      Although I’m not sure when they wrote that. The post was edited, so it’s possible that it wasn’t there when you first saw the post, and didn’t re-check the post before writing this comment.

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