AngryMulbear@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoLeger / September 24, 2023lemmy.caimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down19
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minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 year agoIt would be the perfect time for the Liberals to change polling method, now that they’re about to lose yet still have the NDP’s backing.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoNo. Ranked ballot is literally the worst electoral reform. It doesn’t lead to proportional representation. It just favours the most moderate party, since they would be everyone’s second choice. We need something like STV or MMPR
minus-squarefrostbiker@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago Ranked ballot is literally the worst electoral reform. […] We need something like STV or MMPR STV is one of many voting systems based on ranked ballots.
minus-squaredom@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoWhile it would tend towards more moderate, it would also lean towards the side most Canadians prefer naturally.
minus-squareTotallyHuman@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoStill better than first-past-the-post.
minus-squareRagingNerdoholic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago It just favours the most moderate party I’m struggling to see the downside here.
Man we need ranked ballots.
It would be the perfect time for the Liberals to change polling method, now that they’re about to lose yet still have the NDP’s backing.
No. Ranked ballot is literally the worst electoral reform. It doesn’t lead to proportional representation. It just favours the most moderate party, since they would be everyone’s second choice. We need something like STV or MMPR
STV is one of many voting systems based on ranked ballots.
While it would tend towards more moderate, it would also lean towards the side most Canadians prefer naturally.
Still better than first-past-the-post.
I’m struggling to see the downside here.