vanidian1@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-211 hours agoYSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with only a minority of the voteslemmy.worldimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1334arrow-down1imageYSK that the First-Past-The-Post voting system allows a political party to gain an absolute majority with only a minority of the voteslemmy.worldvanidian1@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.world · edit-211 hours agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
Most european countries use 2 round elections or proportional representation. In Britain, they use First-Past-The-Post.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoYes, it’s very interesting. Ranked choice’s corner case is non-monotonicity, meaning you can harm your chosen candidate by ranking him higher. That’s why I prefer something like range voting.
minus-squareaubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoI also prefer range or approval voting
Yes, it’s very interesting.
Ranked choice’s corner case is non-monotonicity, meaning you can harm your chosen candidate by ranking him higher. That’s why I prefer something like range voting.
I also prefer range or approval voting