alt Hacker NewsGet rid of the First Past the Post voting system. Almost all the brokenness of US politics is downstream from FPTP. It incentivates divisiveness instead of collaboration and consensus, which a better voting system would.
Get rid of the First Past the Post voting system. Almost all the brokenness of US politics is downstream from FPTP. It incentivates divisiveness instead of collaboration and consensus, which a better voting system would.
Divisiveness as well as strategically voting for the "lesser of two evils" compared to voting for your ideal choice.
It should honestly be banned for any election and primary across the country and be replaced with approval voting or Condorcet methods or something else that are strict improvements.