Western-Style Voting 'A Loser' 614
sethawoolley writes "In light of the upcoming elections in the US, author William Poundstone was interviewed about voting systems by Mother Jones. In it he advocates the benefits of Range Voting as a solution to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. Approval, Borda, Instant Runoff, and Condorcet Voting, which are often solutions advocated by the Greens and Libertarians (in the US), are discussed, as well, in light of Warren Smith's recent empirical research using Bayesian Regret. My local party (of which I'm the Parliamentarian) uses Single Transferable voting, but we're considering using Range Voting in the future. One thing is for certain: any system is better than the West's out-dated plurality voting system."
4-year dupe cycle (Score:4, Funny)
I Prefer Cage Voting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Western"? (Score:1, Funny)
But is it effective at losing weight?
Re:I Prefer Cage Voting (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I Prefer Cage Voting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"The West", you say? (Score:3, Funny)
You do realise that the USA is not the only country in "the West", surely?
Obviously, by "the West" the writer meant that realm inhabited by cowboys, ranchers and Red Indians. In that land only white men of substance are allowed to vote, I believe. Truly long overdue for reform.
My proposed system (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Wikipedia agrees (Score:2, Funny)
And just how's that different from today?