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Simple response to a ''politician'' who makes this argument: "You just want the only smoke-filled room to be the one inside your skull." That is, minority factions '''should''' have a seat at the table, as long as everything is done transparently. The two-party system stifles some of the valid concerns of the members of the party coalitions. In SODA, all vote totals, preference orders, and final approvals added to delegated ballots are known; in the end, that's not a smoke-filled room, it's a transparent seat at the table, with a just degree of power which is derived from the people. |
Simple response to a ''politician'' who makes this argument: "You just want the only smoke-filled room to be the one inside your skull." That is, minority factions '''should''' have a seat at the table, as long as everything is done transparently. The two-party system stifles some of the valid concerns of the members of the party coalitions. In SODA, all vote totals, preference orders, and final approvals added to delegated ballots are known; in the end, that's not a smoke-filled room, it's a transparent seat at the table, with a just degree of power which is derived from the people. |
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=== "There are other systems which are better in some ways"? Yes, but SODA is better in |
=== "There are other systems which are better in some ways"? Yes, but unlike them, SODA is better than plurality in ALL ways. === |
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This is true. [[Condorcet]], [[Range Voting]], and Median systems like [[Majority Approval Voting]] (or others: [[Majority Judgment]], [[MCA]], or [[Bucklin]]) each have some claim to be the "best voting system". But SODA is the best system which has no downsides versus plurality. All those other systems require more-complicated ballots. All of them require more-complicated, or even dishonest, strategic decisions from the voter, to get the most effective vote. |
This is true. [[Condorcet]], [[Range Voting]], and Median systems like [[Majority Approval Voting]] (or others: [[Majority Judgment]], [[MCA]], or [[Bucklin]]) each have some claim to be the "best voting system". But SODA is the best system which has no downsides versus plurality. All those other systems require more-complicated ballots. All of them require more-complicated, or even dishonest, strategic decisions from the voter, to get the most effective vote. |
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