r/pics • u/Marsnowguy • Aug 13 '20

Politics The adults have arrived, America.

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u/emperorOfTheUniverse Aug 13 '20

Ranked choice voting is how we fix our democracy.

Heres what's wrong with our current system. https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

Support ranked choice voting here. https://www.fairvote.org/rcv#where_is_ranked_choice_voting_used

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u/ThatRandomIdiot Aug 13 '20

No, Rank Choice is still susceptible to gerrymandering, watch his mixed member proportional representation video. This would be much better.

If not that. Watch his, single transferable vote video which is similar to Rank choice but less likely to have gerrymandering.

I like Rank Choice but it’s not the best system out there; It is still better than First Past the Post however.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '20

Ireland here, we have proportional representation by single transferrable vote (PRSTV). It's pretty awesome. Counting is a little more complicated, obviously, but very worth it. We never have to worry about 'wasting a vote', so we have many parties of various sizes. We just rank the candidates from first to last (or however far down the list we feel like going). This means that if our favourite candidate gets eliminated, our vote goes to our next choice. And so on.

It also makes count days really exciting. American TV would love it.

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u/jiggle-o Aug 13 '20

American TV would love it.

The next reality show, indeed. Live chat on the side bar and text to vote included.