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thetreecycle OP t1_j8sfti6 wrote

Reply to comment by Chronotaru in Percent of US voters that can vote in at least one ranked choice election, 1941-present [OC] by thetreecycle

I mean in first-past-the-post politicians must be at least loosely tied to the will of the people, otherwise they will get voted out, but yes ranked choice seems to much more accurately pick candidates that reflect what people want.

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Chronotaru t1_j8sj13z wrote

Not really though. Let's look at every time where the Democrats or Republicans become more popular, you then end up with a breakaway candidate who could help explore that difference better, but instead that very process means the less popular ideological faction wins because the most popular became too popular to stand behind one candidate. It happened with Nader, it happened with Perot.

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thetreecycle OP t1_j8szjmz wrote

I think we’re saying the same thing, I agree with everything you said above.

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