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Araucaria
Joined 12 September 2018
Score Voting is now my favorite
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Instead of our current ([[First Past the Post electoral system|Single vote]]) system, I would prefer a voting method that does not force one to vote for a compromise based on assumptions of what other voters would do.
[[Range voting]] could be implemented immediately on current optical scan ballots, and would, in most cases, select the candidate closest to the centroid of political opinion. With [[Range voting|range]] (AKA ''score voting''), there is no need for a primary. However, if the slate of candidates is not well-known, it may necessary to hold a runoff if the candidate with highest total score has less than 50% of the maximum possible score. In that case, I would encourage a runoff with the following criteria:
* Include all candidates whose score sum is at least half that of the maximum score sum, including at least the top three scoring candidates.
* Also include the top three candidates with highest ''average'' score, provided they meet some quorum rule (e.g., score sum greater than or equal to 5% of the maximum).
* The number of runoff candidates should be at least three, not two. Why? Since Range does not penalize a voter for rating more than one candidate, the extra choice will increase the level of debate. With the current two-party duopoly, there is an implicit agreement to avoid discussing complicated issues.
Why do I favor [[Range voting]] over [[Approval voting|Approval]]? It allows the voter
For many years I favored [[Condorcet method|Condorcet completion methods]] such as [[Schulze]] or [[River]], especially with [[Cardinal pairwise]] weighting to take advantage of a ratings ballot. However, I have come to realize that
* All ranked ballot methods are subject to [[Arrow's impossibility theorem]], but Score Voting is not.
* Score Voting is better able to choose the centroid winner in single-winner elections than any Condorcet method.
* Score Voting is simple to implement and would give better results quickly.
You can contact me at ''araucaria dot araucana at gmail dot com''.
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==== The House of Representatives is not representative ====
The US House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 members for nearly 100 years. That's one member for every 640,000 people. The Founders originally thought there would be one member for every [http://www.thirty-thousand.org 30 to 50 thousand] people. The number of representatives should be [http://www.prb.org/Content/NavigationMenu/PT_articles/Growth_in_U_S__Population_Calls_for_Larger_House_of_Representatives.htm increased to at least 600]. This would also decrease the over-representation of small states and under-representation of large states in the Electoral College.
I favor an increase to 600 districts with 5 members per district.
==== Proportional Representation ====
Local representation is best implemented using [[Proportional_representation|Proportional]] or [http://www.fairvote.org/pr/ Full Representation], with at least 5 members per district.
=== A better single-winner [[Voting system]] ===
Proportional Representation (PR) proponents tend to think that if STV is good for multi-winner elections, it will be good for single-winner elections also, in the form known as [[Instant-runoff_voting|Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)]]. But [[Instant-runoff_voting#Flaws_of_IRV|it isn't]]. That's because STV is very good at ensuring representation of a wide variety of different viewpoints but isn't so good at aggregating many different viewpoints into a single compromise.
The best [[voting system]] for single-winner elections (e.g. senator, governor, president) is [[
* Unlike IRV, it doesn't require recounting ballots after each elimination.
* Unlike IRV, all
=== See also ===
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* See third Letter to the Editor on [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008098337_friletters8.html this page]. It is a proposal to use First Choice plus Approval as an alternative to the Top 2 primary.
* [http://bolson.org/voting/irv/ Why IRV gets worse results].
* http://scorevoting.net
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