• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    The real problem is the Democratic party has stopped any good candidate from advancing. It’s a party problem, nothing else

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      24 hours ago

      The problem is the actual voting system. First Past the Post actively punishes Third Party voters. Which leaves us with a choice between the status quo and a party that wants to make shit worse.

      Now, the status quo isn’t all that good, but is distinctly better than the alternative. But that’s it.

      To get something actually better, we need to change the voting system itself. Ordinal voting systems always result in some form of two party dominance. So we need something different. A Cardinal voting system.

      There are two main choices. Approval, which has been used off and on in real world elections for at least a thousand years. Most notably for the election of the Pope for several centuries before the process was corrupted by wealth and nepotism.

      The other option is STAR, a voting system designed in 2014 meant to address the problems with other voting systems.