• UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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    Dividing the left wouldn’t matter if we used a more representative voting system. One that gave people the freedom to vote how they want and still have their vote count if their preference didn’t win. Voters should be able to transfer their vote how they wish and stay represented. To have their vote count no matter what.

    Why don’t blue states switch away from First-past-the-post voting? Republicans aren’t in power, they could easily make this change. Don’t they believe in democracy? Or do prefer this undemocratic hostage situation that hands the republicans power repeatedly?

    Electoral Reform Videos

    First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

    Videos on alternative electoral systems

    STAR voting

    Alternative vote

    Ranked Choice voting

    Range Voting

    Single Transferable Vote

    Mixed Member Proportional representation

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      Alternative voting systems have in practice been proven useless, whether in South Korea, Japan, Australia, and many other capitalist dictatorship countries that use it. It might make bribery a bit more expensive, since there are more candidates to buy off, and more political advertising necessary, but it hasn’t fixed anything.

      The root problem is capital standing above political power. And that can’t be undone using it’s own platform.