• chaogomu@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    That is the fastest way to turn a blue state red.

    Split the vote so that the minority Republican vote can win. Because there are more registered Republicans in California than in Texas.

    No, the actual answer is to change the voting system to a Cardinal system, so that there are no such things as Spoiler party’s or split votes.

    Approval or STAR are the answer. Either would enable third parties to exist and thrive.

    As a note RCV is not a Cardinal system, and still has the Spoiler Effect. People lie about it saying it’s the fix for all problems, but it’s actually worse than what we have (there are parts that are better, but more parts that are far worse)

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      2 hours ago

      Could you elaborate or provide a link to some further reading about how RCV is worse than first past the post? I haven’t heard this before and would like to learn more.