09-04-2022, 03:42 PM
(09-04-2022, 03:24 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: The flaw is that it favors the voters that supported the idiotic candidate. That's the problem that most of us up here are talking about. This system was presented to us that it helps a more moderate candidate but that won't always be the case.
How did it favor those voters?
(09-04-2022, 03:24 PM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: How? The only time there would need to be a change would be like the recent election when there are only three people. If there are eight people on the ballot you still only need to rank your top three, not #1 through #8.
Not necessarily. There are plenty of instances where you would rank all of those on the ballot. It happens more in elections where multiple winners are selected from the candidate pool, though.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
