It's time to acknowledge that traditional majoritarian systems are absurd and create absurd results. If we're going to have a system of voting, "cellular democracy" recommends itself.
Range Voting is superior to Ranked Choice. Ranked Choice presumes a fixed step drop in utility for each candidate down the list.
This is absurd when a voter values two candidates equally or nearly so.
Or consider a ballot that includes Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Non evil voters can disagree on whether Reagan or Carter is the better choice, or whether Hitler is worse than Stalin. But clearly a non-evil voter would group Reagan and Carter close and near the top and Hitler and Stalin close and near the bottom.
There's a bit difference between a Ranked Choice vote that runs Reagan, Carter, Hitler, Stalin vs. a Range Vote of Reagan 10, Carter 9, Hitler 1, Stalin 0.
No subtle mathematical reasoning is needed. Range Vote ballots carry more information.
And unlike Instant Runoff, you can sum the subtotals of Range Votes as precinct totals come in. This is a huge deal in these days of distrust in the election system!
Range Voting is superior to Ranked Choice. Ranked Choice presumes a fixed step drop in utility for each candidate down the list.
This is absurd when a voter values two candidates equally or nearly so.
Or consider a ballot that includes Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Non evil voters can disagree on whether Reagan or Carter is the better choice, or whether Hitler is worse than Stalin. But clearly a non-evil voter would group Reagan and Carter close and near the top and Hitler and Stalin close and near the bottom.
There's a bit difference between a Ranked Choice vote that runs Reagan, Carter, Hitler, Stalin vs. a Range Vote of Reagan 10, Carter 9, Hitler 1, Stalin 0.
No subtle mathematical reasoning is needed. Range Vote ballots carry more information.
And unlike Instant Runoff, you can sum the subtotals of Range Votes as precinct totals come in. This is a huge deal in these days of distrust in the election system!
Trump is literally Hitler, so I'm not sure about the example. ;) But this is a great point.
Today's woke Democrats are the ones playing Mad Libs with Nazi propaganda.