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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by s1artibartfast on Monday July 22, 2024 @05:49PM (#41040180)
Interesting, I view ranked Choice voting as diversifying the candidate pool. I expect this would increase third party voting not decrease it
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by ProllyInfamous on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @01:44AM (#41042880)
Ranked-choice voting does exactly as you say, increasing the diversity of candidates (because no vote is ever "wasted").
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Re:Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate by illiac786 on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:31AM (#41047059)
It also completely blocks extremists. They are ranked first by their supporters but last by every single other voter. This effect is mostly visible in a 3+ party system though.
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