• zeppo@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Not by voting for people in elections they can’t win. Vote at the local and state level or in primaries for people who will enact voting reform.

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      3 months ago

      Changing the voting system so that third parties are actually possible.

      You need a cardinal voting system, otherwise you’ll fall prey to Durverger’s Law and Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem.

      I favor STAR, it’s the best system designed to date.

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        3 months ago

        The problem is that these systems are way more complex and have edge cases where someone unpopular gets elected. Making major changes to a system that has worked for 248 years seems like a recipe for disaster.

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          and have edge cases where someone unpopular gets elected

          As opposed to the current system, where someone unpopular always gets elected?

          Making major changes to a system that has worked for 248 years

          It hasn’t worked. It’s deeply flawed and we currently use the worst-possible process, rooted in ancient history.

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        3 months ago

        Changing the voting system so that third parties are actually possible.

        And why would anyone do that when everyone takes time out of their day to express their approval for the existing 2 parties?

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      Smaller elections. Get state representatives, win a few seats in the house, a few senators… When your party actually contributes to governing then you can discuss running for president. Until then you won’t beat Nader or Perot