Hacker News Reader

Is this solution to every issue in the US? Like if something is shit then instead of fixing just run from the problem? I guess that’s why you are stuck choosing between republicans and democrats every 4 years lol.

View on HN

The reason Republicans and Democrats win all the time is partly because the US generally doesn't have ranked choice voting when it comes to something like presidential elections [0]. People are afraid of voting for a third party because it is unlikely they would win, so they vote as if betting or hedging, choosing the least bad and yet still likely to win against the worse option. With ranked choice voting, voters could choose their preferred candidate first, and their backup second, and this would introduce some dynamism into the political system.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked-choice_voting_in_the_Un...

EDIT: Rated voting seems even better [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rated_voting

"Why doesn't _EVERYONE_ move where broadband is!"

Except, uhhhhhhhhhhh, they can't.

Silicon Valley moment from gp

Reply on news.ycombinator.com