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EDIT: To the people downvoting this post because democrats > republicans: you’re missing the point.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Let's not pretend that ranked choiced voting in Oz didn't elect Tony Abbott, the prototype for Trump's one liners and spewing hate.

Every answer to whatever question: "Stap the boats"

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for it. But it's not some silver bullet that will make all the party candidates turn into Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It takes a while for the effects of party decentralization to take hold. The underlying party structure is at the core of two-party systems. RCV is just one incentive (a big one) to restructure parties to be more democratic and diverse, instead of coalescing into monolithic amorphous blobs. Along with Gerrymandering laws, campaign financial regulation and voter civic education. It all has to work in concert to dismantle the social control version of democracy.