• normalexit@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    We need ranked choice voting, so you can vote for who you actually support without throwing your vote away.

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        6 minutes ago

        That’s not strange, that’s how it works. Especially if there’s a strong ‘anyone but Palin’ contingent.

        Star and approval look fucking terrible and is way out of line of the ‘one person one vote’ system we have and I think we want.

        *For anyone wondering about Alaska, there were two Republicans, including Palin, and one Democrat running for house seat. The other Republican was eliminated in ranked choice. His votes split to both the Dem and Palin, instead of all going to Palin like the Palin people wanted, and the Democrat won. So the GOP there is now mad.

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      3 hours ago

      Which will never happen because the Republicans are dead set on never changing any system in any way that’s not directly in their benefit and no one else’s. Until that moment arrives, which is never, the only option is to pick your particular flavour of straight-up fascism (Republicans these days) or anything else (Democrats) in the party primaries.

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        Don’t fool yourself. The DNC also doesn’t want ranked choice voting. Neither party wants any competition. The entire system is built to make it virtually impossible for a third party candidate to win. Unless they actually hit 270+, even if they were a clear majority winner, they wouldn’t be elected.