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Maybe. But I really-really wish we had Australia’s STV system here in the USA.

What is Australia's STV system? I went Googling a bit, and the only quick hit was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STV_(TV_station) , which seems unlikely to be what you meant.

erentz was probably referring to the single transferable vote system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote), which uses a ranked ballot in elections and results in relatively proportional representation. CGP grey explains it pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

Thanks! That makes much more sense than a TV station.