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wongarsuyesterday at 6:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

The root cause is the first-past-the-post voting system that ensures a two-party system.

But for the party with the most responsibility for blowing it all up I'd like to nominate Rupert Murdoch. Most visibly with Fox News, but really his entire media empire


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euroderfyesterday at 7:03 PM

> The root cause is the first-past-the-post voting system that ensures a two-party system.

Hear, hear.

I'm rooting for the fast uptake of STV across the US.

amavectyesterday at 8:29 PM

Yet another reminder that we need approval voting, or even STAR voting, for single-winner elections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhO6jfHPFQU https://www.equal.vote/approval https://www.equal.vote/beyond_rcv_zine