CoderSupreme@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 days agoWhy do American ballots have more than two choices, when the news media has spent their time pretending there are only two?programming.devimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down140file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1imageWhy do American ballots have more than two choices, when the news media has spent their time pretending there are only two?programming.devCoderSupreme@programming.dev to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-29 days agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
When you get your ballot and there’s 10 choices but all year the media pretends there’s only two, that should tell you something’s seriously broken
minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoTop-two mixed primary regardless of partisan affiliation. One primary ballot held, all candidates declare a party ‘preference’, all votes counted together. Top two go onto the general election.
minus-squareabbenm@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoUnderstood, you are exactly right about that. What you’ve described filters out third parties. I think most conceptions of ranked choice voting by contrast would give them more of a chance, but granted that’s not how it works everywhere.
Top-two mixed primary regardless of partisan affiliation.
One primary ballot held, all candidates declare a party ‘preference’, all votes counted together. Top two go onto the general election.
Understood, you are exactly right about that. What you’ve described filters out third parties. I think most conceptions of ranked choice voting by contrast would give them more of a chance, but granted that’s not how it works everywhere.