Would you approve of using a ranked voting system (e.g IRV) for electing governmental leaders?

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Would you support this, and why? For more information goto:

FairVote - IRV America: http://www.fairvote.org/irv/

Instant Runoff Voting: An interactive animation http://www.chrisgates.net/irv/

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Yes, I would like to vote for two or more parties

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I would like to vote for a third party canidate, but also not be blamed for letting one of the other main party's canidates lose.

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Yes, to avoid close ties

I don't think a elected leader should be elected if there is a small difference in there vote tally. (e.g Bush/Gore, Bush/Kerry, ... [show more]

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Yes, if it will allow me to cast "negative" votes

If there is some way that I can actually use my vote to completely cancel out someone else's vote then I'm all for it. Think about... [show more]

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Yes, the winner should win by 50% or more

France's President can only be elected if he/she earns greater than 50% of the vote in the run-off. http://en.wikipedia....ance#Election

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No, it's too complicated

There are too many votes to count to have a ranked voting system implemented properly

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Yes, it could bolster larger voter turn out.

The current system might be so restrictive that it dissuades voters from believing that their vote is important. If citizens are ... [show more]

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Nope

It's fine the way it is.

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Yes, and I already use one

If you're lucky enough to live in a country which has seen the folly of first-past-the-post voting systems.

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Yes, so that more people get to vote for the top two

...candidates, especially in the case that there can be a close tie, otherwise. See http://www.grupthink.com/answer/13153

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holotone 2 years ago

Great question!

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BigDogRMF 2 years ago

Still, a quarter only has two sides, and I think that's how most people decide who they're going to vote for...

...flip...damn, tails again...

Until the voters better educate themselves, anything else is just a band-aid.

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ajdlinux 2 years ago

Being in Australia I already use this system. IMO it's less complex than the american way and I also think it's more fair. Also an electoral system that is the same nationwide would be nice...

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This topic was started by philip098123 philip098123 has 9,673 Grupie Points on July 11th, 2006. 42 grupies have voted on one or more of the 9 answers.

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