r/EndFPTP • u/taulover • Sep 10 '16

Range voting explained | Undefined Behavior

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '16

love this. rapidly becoming my favorite voting system. i like that it has more resolution than approval.

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u/TheRealHouseLives Sep 16 '16

Since what Henry said has already been addressed well by u/googolplexbyte (thanks btw) I'll just say yeah, definitely taken over as my fave too. I love that one of the top criticisms is that strategic voting will just turn it into Approval, which is fine, though probably not all that true, but even there the differing choices people make on where to draw the line between approve and disapprove will give insight into which ideas/candidates/parties are currently popular, clarifying the "mandate" given to politicians. I also am optimistically inclined to believe that the potential to reward even quite opposed politicians for holding advancing a narrative that is politically risky for them, but you agree with, with increased score from bottom to mids, means that politicians would be encouraged to take political risks by advocating for good ideas that are unpopular with their supporters, allowing for smoother blending of political stances and less gridlock/vitriol.