Comment on YSK about Duverger's Law
nailingjello@piefed.zip 3 days ago
Text for the lazy.
Duverger’s Law
In political science, Duverger’s law holds that single-ballot plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favor a two-party system.Duverger’s law is the reason why U.S. voters select one of the two leading candidates when voting tactically, even if a third-party candidate would better represent their interests. This behavior arises out to fear of vote splitting
One consequence of Duverger’s law is that you can improve the viability of third-party candidates by changing the voting system. For example, Approval voting is more resistant to vote splitting and therefore more conducive to third-party candidates.
Goretantath@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yes, and until we DO change the voting system, vote blue or trump gets his way.
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 days ago
The problem is that many people see the system ending up with "vote blue AND the fascists get their way". It ends up being totally discouraging.
gustofwind@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I understand being discouraged that Blue doesn’t deliver
But I don’t understand how that matters when Red is openly promising death and destruction
Red only wins elections when Blue voters stay home so we could always at least stop Red
Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 3 days ago
The thing is, what's your preference? Disappointment on a regular basis, or transparent hate and naked greed? Destruction can only last so long, but a slow slide into depression can last forever. Voting Red often ends up being the accelerationist choice as much as support for their vile beliefs.