Proportional Representation Could Reduce the Risk of Political Violence in the U.S.

www.justsecurity.org

cross-posted to:
politics@lemmy.world

Proportional Representation Could Reduce the Risk of Political Violence in the U.S.

www.justsecurity.org

Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Ranked Choice Voting@ponder.catEnglish · 14 days ago

cross-posted to:
politics@lemmy.world

There is no single cause of political violence in democracies. But one critical source is often overlooked: electoral system design.

You must log in or register to comment.

Chat

Ranked Choice Voting@ponder.cat

rcv@ponder.cat

Create a post

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !rcv@ponder.cat

Welcome to the Ranked Choice Voting Community!

Voting is broken! Let’s fix it.

Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.

Why Ranked Choice Voting?

Prevents the tyranny of the middle
Encourages diversity of candidates
Discourages negative campaigning
Provides more choice for voters
Saves money by avoiding runoff elections

Community Rules

Respect each other’s opinions.
No misinformation. All claims must be backed by credible sources.
Be proactive and informative.

Sister Communities

FairVote Canada
Make one for your country!

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

15 users / day
223 users / week
553 users / month
906 users / 6 months
6 local subscribers
132 subscribers
87 Posts
166 Comments
Modlog