On Oct 16, 2008, at 10:11 PM, Greg Nisbet wrote:
Which system do you think would work best that is actually achievable?
That's like asking the oft asked question, 'which candidate is electable?' and I HATE that question. It's like suggesting that we prematurely compromise and compress our election reform advocacy down to a single method to push for when I'd much rather say that I support: 1. IRNR, 2. Condorcet, 3. IRV, 4. Approval. And sometimes I want a side of PR-STV, redistricting and elimination of bad voting machines.
In my few years of election reform advocacy, nearly everyone I've talked to agrees that 'rankings ballots' or 'ranked choice voting' is a good idea. Probably 80-90% of people I talk to I've been able to convince that IRV is severely suboptimal (but better than nothing) and that Condorcet methods are better. Maybe I should try to write down the elevator pitches/stump speechs/good lines/patter that seem to work and put together a pamphlet for election reform advocates.
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