6th June 2018, 9:32 PM
Cardiinal voting would probably be too confusing to use in a general election, though...
I mean, I do think that ranked choice is overall a better and more fair system than first-past-the-post. It's not perfect, but no method likely to be used is.
Quote: I think you misunderstood. In reality, you actually agree with the notion. "Independence of irrelevant alternatives" refers to election spoiling, such as someone voting for an independent 3rd party, thus changing the results that otherwise would have gone to a certain candidate. You know, the 2000 election. That is what is meant, and I think you would be in favor of an electoral system that did it's best to reduce it.I wonder, how realistic would it be in a real-world situation to have something like you see in that video there, where five different election methods all result in a different winner? They have to have carefully designed that sample to give that kind of result.
I mean, I do think that ranked choice is overall a better and more fair system than first-past-the-post. It's not perfect, but no method likely to be used is.