Why don'the we do a ranked voting system?
>>77966240
Because you are a shitty Republic, not a Democracy.
>>77966240
Elaborate.
>>77967382
I think he means ranking candidates in order of preference or sumpthin.
>>77966240
>posted at 01:11:11 (Gmt +1)
noice
>>77967382
Well, there seems to be a lot of dissatisfaction with the current government, so why not do something else? This way, the popular vote means something, instead of someone getting electorate votes, who's unpopular.
>>77966240
Because our version of democracy is basically the political equivalent of a computer still running Windows 3.1 in 2016.
Our democracy hasn't structurally changed since the senate was changed from appointed to elected. A ranked voting system wouldn't have been practical on a pre-computerized system.
>>77967726
Or you could start giving a shit about your locally elected officials.
You know, the normies who vote in the electoral college on your behalf?
Like uptoking on Reddit?
>>77968048
Australia has had preferential voting since 1918