Stein rebuffs Gore and ranked choice voting

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  • October 11, 2016 at 9:59 pm #55040
    nittany ram
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    Link: http://www.jill2016.com/stein_rebuffs_gores_baseless_attack_on_green_party

    October 11, 2016 at 10:03 pm #55042
    nittany ram
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    Ranked choice voting explained… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

    October 12, 2016 at 7:41 am #55053
    wv
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    Interesting. So, Papua New Guinea has a better system than the US.

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    “….IRV has the effect of avoiding split votes when multiple candidates earn support from like-minded voters. For example, suppose there are two similar candidates A & B, and a third opposing candidate C, with vote totals of 35% for candidate A, 25% for B and 40% for C. In a plurality voting system, candidate C may win with 40% of the votes, even though 60% of electors prefer either A or B. Alternatively, voters are pressured to choose the seemingly stronger candidate of either A or B, despite personal preference for the other, in order to help ensure the defeat of C. With IRV, the electors backing B as their first choice can rank A second, which means candidate A will win by 60% to 40% over C despite the split vote in first choices.

    Instant-runoff voting is used in national elections in several countries. For example, it is used to elect members of the Australian House of Representatives and most Australian state legislatures,[1] the President of India, members of legislative councils in India, the President of Ireland,[2] and the parliament in Papua New Guinea. The system is also used in local elections around the world, as well as by some political parties (to elect internal leaders) and private associations. IRV is described in Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised (under the name “preferential voting”).[3]

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