mccJul 11, 2024

What is your favorite alternative voting system?

[Notes: • If you vote in one poll in this thread please vote in all of them • For a real world example of what I mean by "Multiround runoff" consider the French system]

Condorcet
15.8%
Instant Runoff
48.6%
Approval
23.3%
Multiround runoff
12.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadKorinneJul 11, 2024
@mcc https://rangevoting.org/ seems the most interesting to me, but in terms of actually getting things changed I feel like IRV/RCV has momentum in the US.
RangeVoting.org - Center for Range Voting - front page

Voting reform advocacy and educational organization.

Show threadmcc
@kadler @sagefault it seems to me that even if there are mathematical proofs Condorcet ranked is better IRV has an advantage in that it's very easy to explain without having to introduce math concepts
Jul 11, 2024 at 10:00pmTusky
Show threadKorinneJul 11, 2024
@mcc @sagefault yeah, IRV is definitely simpler as people already understand the concept. It's a little less expressive and maybe has some perverse outcomes in certain situations (at least that's what they say), but it's likely good enough in most cases, simple enough for people to accept, and has momentum to actually happen. "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good" and all that - anything is better than FPTP.
Show threadBerkubernetusJul 14, 2024

@mcc @kadler @sagefault No question. I would never suggest Condorcet to a non-techie audience.

STAR seems even more intuitive, but given its lack of mainstrem support must have major drawbacks.