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Most Canadians who plan on voting for the Liberal party are more motivated to stop the Conservatives from winning the election rather than endorsing the party's vision and leader, according to a new poll released on Monday.

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[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Ennnh, I feel like ranked choice would be better.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ranked Choice is an objectively mediocre use of ranked ballots. A candidate can be everyone's second choice, and they're guaranteed to lose. They'd be eliminated immediately because RCV only counts top votes. You really want a Condorcet method like Ranked Pairs.

Consider the following election:

45% of people vote Alice > Bill > Charles.
35% of people vote Charles > Bill > Alice.
20% of people vote Bill > Charles > Alice.

FPTP says Alice wins, despite 55% of people preferring anyone else. Obviously terrible. Right?

RCV eliminates Bill and says Charles wins... despite 65% of people preferring Bill.

Condorcet says Alice v. Bill goes to Bill and Bill v. Charles goes to Bill so Bill wins.

As he should.

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