Re:USDA disavows gag-order emailed to scientific research unit
by lettergram on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @09:05PM
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Requiring vote during primaries and restricting it to the top two is a horrible system. It effectively eliminates competition in politics (which was the point), there are zero additional benefits
It's actually not a terrible system. A lot of folks are typically reluctant to vote for a third-party candidate because it feels like throwing your vote away.
Instead, CA's new "top two" system gives you a chance to freely vote for a third-party candidate (in the primaries), and if that candidate loses, you get to re-cast your vote for one of the more popular candidates during a second round.
It's just different than what we're used to. It's not perfect (I'd prefer to see something like approval voting, or instant-runoff voting), but I think it's an improvement.