• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    Without FPTP, you would simply count the votes, and send the data to the election agency who will compile the final result.

    There is no selecting a winner for each district and sending that on, mening there is no point to gerrymandering as it would not affect the result.

    The electoral collage should also be scrapped, there is zero point to it.

    • Varyk
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      4 months ago

      Oh, for sure.

      Any voting system within the current US structure won’t be affected that much by switching voting formats, but illegalizing gerrymandering will make a huge difference in their current structure.

      For ranked-choice voting to have a big impact, the US would have to change its whole voting system first.

      Which I agree, they should.

    • Vittelius@feddit.org
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      4 months ago

      That sort of depends on the type of electoral system. There are a couple of systems that are not fptp but do produce a winner for each district such as “open list” and “mixed member”.

      Gerrymandering doesn’t do as much harm in those systems as it does in FPTP but can still be an issue