The results of the 44th Canadian federal election and their striking resemblance to the results of the 43rd election signal that it’s time to switch to ranked-choice voting.
An interesting piece, but I would note that RCV in Australia means the main parties can largely ignore minority views within their own tents. If you know that the Marxists will give their ‘real’ votes to the Labor party, the Labor party can largely ignore the Marxists. There’s little danger they’ll move so far to the centre that the Marxists’ second preference will go elsewhere.
Perhaps this is its appeal but it’s led to the main political parties in Australia being even less distinguishable from one and other than the main parties in other Western democracies. Aggravating that phenomenon might not assuage the dissatisfaction of so much of the population. It might even exacerbate it.
It also leads to paper ballots that are ginormous and very hard to count!
An interesting piece, but I would note that RCV in Australia means the main parties can largely ignore minority views within their own tents. If you know that the Marxists will give their ‘real’ votes to the Labor party, the Labor party can largely ignore the Marxists. There’s little danger they’ll move so far to the centre that the Marxists’ second preference will go elsewhere.
Perhaps this is its appeal but it’s led to the main political parties in Australia being even less distinguishable from one and other than the main parties in other Western democracies. Aggravating that phenomenon might not assuage the dissatisfaction of so much of the population. It might even exacerbate it.
It also leads to paper ballots that are ginormous and very hard to count!