Bro, people have been doing what you’re doing for those decades too. How’s that working out?
Back to what I was actually saying, since you somehow read my words and arrived at the opposite conclusion, the system needs to change. Ranked choice voting is a good example of a “modest reform” I mentioned. It has already gained some traction in the US and scared the shit out of the GOP so badly they started passing bogus laws to ban it elsewhere. That one reform, which is highly doable, would completely fix your issue with strategic voters.
So instead of hoping the big party will chase those third party votes or hoping maybe next election, work toward real change that will fix the problem.
Explain how what I’ve been doing has been haopening for decades. I’m specifically saying that way too many people have been scared into strategic voting and that we all need to start voting FOR things instead of against them. Literally said it’s not been happening, because it fucking hasn’t been and I would like to stop being so alone in standing by my convictions.
Ranked choice would be sick and I know it’s the way forward. Here in Canada the centrist LPC was elected largely on updating our electoral system IN 2015 and then nearly immediately went “it’s too haaaaaard” when they realized that they would probably never win another election. That was blatantly anti-democratic and should have led people to never vote for them ever again, but they are STILL in power because we’re a bunch of spineless cowards. We TRIED to do what you’re asking and it DID NOT WORK. The only times we’ve seen the LPC do anything good are when they’ve had a minority government and the progressive NDP could use their leverage to force them to do the right thing. The NDP, I might add, used ranked-choice voting for their recent leadership race.
Go take a long walk off a short pier. The cold water might help clear your head.
Bro, people have been doing what you’re doing for those decades too. How’s that working out?
Back to what I was actually saying, since you somehow read my words and arrived at the opposite conclusion, the system needs to change. Ranked choice voting is a good example of a “modest reform” I mentioned. It has already gained some traction in the US and scared the shit out of the GOP so badly they started passing bogus laws to ban it elsewhere. That one reform, which is highly doable, would completely fix your issue with strategic voters.
So instead of hoping the big party will chase those third party votes or hoping maybe next election, work toward real change that will fix the problem.
Explain how what I’ve been doing has been haopening for decades. I’m specifically saying that way too many people have been scared into strategic voting and that we all need to start voting FOR things instead of against them. Literally said it’s not been happening, because it fucking hasn’t been and I would like to stop being so alone in standing by my convictions.
Ranked choice would be sick and I know it’s the way forward. Here in Canada the centrist LPC was elected largely on updating our electoral system IN 2015 and then nearly immediately went “it’s too haaaaaard” when they realized that they would probably never win another election. That was blatantly anti-democratic and should have led people to never vote for them ever again, but they are STILL in power because we’re a bunch of spineless cowards. We TRIED to do what you’re asking and it DID NOT WORK. The only times we’ve seen the LPC do anything good are when they’ve had a minority government and the progressive NDP could use their leverage to force them to do the right thing. The NDP, I might add, used ranked-choice voting for their recent leadership race.
Go take a long walk off a short pier. The cold water might help clear your head.