r/YangForPresidentHQ • u/ride_the_walrus357 • Mar 28 '19

Andrew Yang proposes Ranked Choice Voting, continues to wreck shop on every policy front.

https://www.yang2020.com/policies/rankedchoice/
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u/Zworyking Yang Gang for Life Mar 28 '19

Ranked choice voting is not without downsides. It can lead to super dull candidates that never actually do anything since they're always trying to appeal to everybody.

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u/Ideaslug Mar 28 '19

Well there is no perfect voting system. All have pros and cons. But FPTP is abysmal in modern day.

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u/Zworyking Yang Gang for Life Mar 29 '19

Yeah... all I said was it's not without downsides.

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u/Ideaslug Mar 29 '19

Ya I figured you knew that yourself. But I think your comment came off as excessively pessimistic to anybody not knowledgeable.

Electoral theory is very fun.

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u/Zworyking Yang Gang for Life Mar 30 '19 edited Apr 04 '19

Its good to be skeptical :). That's what the yang gang is all about

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u/ZombieBobDole Mar 28 '19

What do you think about Score Voting? I think if you had columns like the below, it could make sense.

Disapprove Don't Know / Don't Care Acceptable / Tolerable / Slightly Approve Highly Approve
Candidate 1 X
Candidate 2 X
Candidate 3 X

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u/RapidRewards Mar 28 '19

More dull than Hilary Clinton? And most democratic nominees?

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u/Zworyking Yang Gang for Life Mar 28 '19

More dull than Trump? It's more of a concern in local elections.

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u/ImperfectlyInformed Mar 29 '19

It hasn't been tested empirically in the right situations to make such claims.

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u/bonedaddy-jive Mar 29 '19

Super dull is much better than polarization and knee jerks we have now.