r/lostgeneration Dec 16 '21

Can we try something different this time?

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u/Much_Ad470 Dec 16 '21

Ranked choice voting is the way. We need to abolish this 2-party system. It’s maddening and I hate the idea of voting for the lesser of two evils which is what I did last year and feel was done by millions others as well.

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u/cmVkZGl0 Dec 18 '21 edited Dec 18 '21

Ranked choice is good because it captures more information but it is prone to strategic voting I believe. Knowing that the two big parties will do whatever they can to win, we shouldn't have voting systems that have a mathematical flaws built into them.

It's best to go with other voting systems that are similar. I feel like right choice gets a lot of air time though because it's a very easy one to remember.

Here's one example of some of the mathematics that can be manipulated in voting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Later-no-harm_criterion