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Re:The Icelandic Voting System by aragilar on Monday April 21, 2025 @06:00AM (#43750134)
FPTP has a well documented effect of producing a 2 party system (along with numerous other issues): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting#Two...

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Re:The Icelandic Voting System by smitty1e on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @08:35PM (#43778189)
It's so obviously superior that it's facing substantial rejection: https://responsivegov.org/statement-voters-reject-ranked-cho...
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