Beaver@lemmy.ca to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agoIt’s time to ditch fptp for prlemmy.caimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12
arrow-up1145arrow-down1imageIt’s time to ditch fptp for prlemmy.caBeaver@lemmy.ca to Fairvote Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·3 months agoI feel like at least two of those aren’t a voting issue as much as a scumbag-candidate issue.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoA plurality voting rewards a certain amount of ‘scumbagishness’. Under a better voting system, scumbags would be less likely to win.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI’m all for the system, despite its flaws. This ‘would’ stuff, though; how’s that not magical thinking? Are we making a leap?
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHate the player, and the game.
minus-squarechingadera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down5·3 months agoTell us you can’t read without telling us you can’t read.
I feel like at least two of those aren’t a voting issue as much as a scumbag-candidate issue.
A plurality voting rewards a certain amount of ‘scumbagishness’. Under a better voting system, scumbags would be less likely to win.
I’m all for the system, despite its flaws. This ‘would’ stuff, though; how’s that not magical thinking? Are we making a leap?
Hate the player, and the game.
Tell us you can’t read without telling us you can’t read.