I'm a little suspicious of it to be honest. I can see the potential upside but, what could go wrong? How can it be abused or gamed? Will it actually change anything? My perspective is coming from a state pretty strongly dominated by one party and that often shapes my concerns.
I think it would change things. I think it would make it a lot easier to justify voting for third-party candidates, since it wouldn’t split the vote between GOP and Dem candidates. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think there are a lot of folks who really want to vote for a third-party candidate but are afraid to do so because they’re afraid of splitting the vote and causing the bad guys (from their perspective) to win.
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tell me your arguments
I agreed to the NAP when I clicked on the little party thing.
Or perhaps this is an attempt to use Cunningham's Law to summon others from far and wide.
Where do you stand on ranked-choice voting?
I'm a little suspicious of it to be honest. I can see the potential upside but, what could go wrong? How can it be abused or gamed? Will it actually change anything? My perspective is coming from a state pretty strongly dominated by one party and that often shapes my concerns.
I think it would change things. I think it would make it a lot easier to justify voting for third-party candidates, since it wouldn’t split the vote between GOP and Dem candidates. Maybe I’m wrong, but I think there are a lot of folks who really want to vote for a third-party candidate but are afraid to do so because they’re afraid of splitting the vote and causing the bad guys (from their perspective) to win.
No true libertarian would say that!