Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoEveryone I've talked to about joining Mastodon/Lemmy/The Fediversepoptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square142fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1800arrow-down1imageEveryone I've talked to about joining Mastodon/Lemmy/The Fediversepoptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square142fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarearthur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agoThis problem is a property of the way elections are done. Take a look: https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo There are alternative voting methods that can solve this. Ranked Pairs and Schulze are my favorites, but Instant Runoff would solve this problem as well. Edit: format
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago Take a look: https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo Isn’t that specifically about First Past the Post? (which is mainly only used in places that were once British)
minus-squarearthur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIn Brazil we use a 2-round system where, if no one gets the majority, the 2 most voted will run the second turn. And it leads to the same problem.
This problem is a property of the way elections are done. Take a look: https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo
There are alternative voting methods that can solve this. Ranked Pairs and Schulze are my favorites, but Instant Runoff would solve this problem as well.
Edit: format
Isn’t that specifically about First Past the Post? (which is mainly only used in places that were once British)
In Brazil we use a 2-round system where, if no one gets the majority, the 2 most voted will run the second turn. And it leads to the same problem.