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Re:What Is Voter Satisfaction Efficiency? by vlovich123 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @01:26AM (#27601067)
That’s an interesting concept although it does set the likely stage that a candidate pisses off their base by making some kind of personally politically convenient deal. Also the strong opening it leaves for even the appearance of corruption isn’t my favorite property.

Are there real works examples of how such systems operate in practice?

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Re:What Is Voter Satisfaction Efficiency? by nicopappl on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @03:58AM (#27601977)
Yes, Swiss federal parliamentary elections have a similar system. The name of the other parties your vote goes to if the one you voted for didn’t pass is printed on the voting bulletin.

The system is a bit more complex, since it’s for the parliament and you aren’t really voting for parties, but for lists, and the votes get transferred depending on how many seats the list filled, but the basic idea is here.

This actually influenced my voting choice. I went for a more niche party who had little chance to get a seat. I knew that if it didn’t get enough votes to get a seat, my vote wouldn’t go to waste. It would go to the larger party which already has many seats but doesn’t align with my political views as well as the niche one.

It turned out well since the niche party got a seat despite the polling predictions.

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