Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less

Re:Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less by roenxi on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:34AM (#31503053)

You have a system that, according to the natural balances of the incentives, sets up two sides to fight with everything they've got. And everyone, mysteriously, is fighting tooth and nail. Switching to a system where everyone can cooperate and agree to elect one person may actually make everyone happy, even if people don't understand the maths that well.

The natural state of America isn't two divided halves. It is either one rather united entity or 100s of rather crazy squabbling tribes. The 2-party thing is wildly artificial and would probably dissolve without the support of the voting system.

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Re:Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less by jimkleiber on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:46AM (#31504437)

I don't think the two-party system necessarily leads to strong polarization. The US has had mostly two parties for a very long time and yet polarization has ebbed and flowed. I highly suggest reading the following link about how transparency actually might be causing the polarization, not the voting structure: https://congressionalresearch.org/PartisanshipCitations.html

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Re:Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less by gadflyinyoureye on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:08AM (#31504721)

America has historically been a group of people that so disliked where they were from that they would rather face death than remain there. As a result, the descendants of these people are bred to be pugnacious. Further more, the power of any government has been historically weak. This allowed people to have a live-and-let-live policy by default.

Since FDR/WWII, the Federal government is a behemoth. It is also the new god of the many of the people. This leads to the factions within the priestly class trying to grab as much power as possible. If you want to create natural balances that fit the psyche of America, you need to shed 20 trillion in debt, and collapse the Federal government to a size last seen before WWII (scaling for population growth of course).

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Re:Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less by the_only_law on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:11AM (#31504769)

Are you fine with giving up the current Hegemony, then sure.

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Re:Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less by gadflyinyoureye on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:15AM (#31504823)

I am. We could also form alliances where the costs are spread out.

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