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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by subsubzero on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:08PM (#27598486)
If this achieves widespread in the US I could see regional libertarian and green candidates picking up spots in certain areas in US.
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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by throw5away on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:12PM (#27598528)
Do you have something US-specific to indicate that this would be the case? Neither empirics nor theory support your claim. https://rangevoting.org/TarrIrvSumm.html
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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by sellyme on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:40AM (#27601128)
The very first line of your source references Australia as an example of why ranked voting would not give third parties any influence.

This seems like an odd choice, given that Australia currently has five different parties in Parliament, and has in recent history had a third party be the deciding "vote" on who forms government. It seems like an even odder choice for you to reference it as a counterpoint in this specific case given that one of those parties is literally called "the Greens".

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