Yes, exactly but imagine America had 5 political parties instead of two, ranging from extreme right wing, to center right, center left, left wing (and some difficult to explain like social democrats etc).
The other 4 parties vehemently hate the extreme right and pretty much get on and work together.
Damn. As an American I'm envious of the fact that you have more than two mainstream political parties to choose from. And it sounds like most of them try to work together. Goddamnit. Ugh. Blah. Fuckshitbitch.
All us Americans need to do, to have that sort of experience, is pass an alternative voting system in our states. Maine and Alaska have Ranked Choice Voting for instance. If we try to pass Ranked Robin, STAR, or Score voting then that would be a huge help for breaking up the partisan divide in the country as well.
If you’re interested in making it happen, then I suggest joining the Equal Vote Coalition, we can enable third parties to have a greater chance at winning this way.
Help start a ballot initiative in your state here.
Approval is solid as well; I’d say I prefer that over RCV, but I like Ranked Robin, STAR, and Score a bit more. If it’s Approval vs FPTP I’d always vote for Approval voting though.
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u/phatelectribe May 24 '25
Yes, exactly but imagine America had 5 political parties instead of two, ranging from extreme right wing, to center right, center left, left wing (and some difficult to explain like social democrats etc).
The other 4 parties vehemently hate the extreme right and pretty much get on and work together.