The result is that name recognition and bold statements are detrimental to getting elected. The result is that the most milquetoast , no-name, do nothings are who gets elected.
I get that people are dissatisfied with the current system. That doesn’t make literally anything else better.
These alternative voting systems are not the silver bullet that people think they are.
I don’t remember the name of it, but I really liked the one that weighed in disapproval. It’s similar to RCV, with a very important difference.
Like standard RCV, after a count that doesn’t result in a majority of voters with the same top-ranked candidate they eliminate a candidate.
But instead of removing the candidate with the least top-ranked votes, it removes the candidate with the most bottom-ranked votes.
The result is a system that trends away from a hyper-polarized 2-party system.
Oh I like this. Anyone got the name for it?
The result is that name recognition and bold statements are detrimental to getting elected. The result is that the most milquetoast , no-name, do nothings are who gets elected.
I get that people are dissatisfied with the current system. That doesn’t make literally anything else better.
These alternative voting systems are not the silver bullet that people think they are.