12th August 2018, 1:06 PM
A Black Falcon Wrote:Well, here in Maine ranked choice has already become quite politicized -- most Democrats support it, and most Republicans are opposed. It's not a great sign for the future of better voting systems, but their party in general is opposed to better voting systems because they are so good at exploiting this one for unfair advantages, so it shouldn't be a surprise...
I'm honestly surprised that ranked gained such traction considering scored has been around a while. I'm glad they're pushing for a change, but personally I would love to see the party push for the best of those options right from the start before ranked gets too much traction and pushes out scored from the idea space of the public consciousness.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)