2011/9/22 Peter Zbornik <[email protected]> > Dear all, > > I agree with James, and that was why I proposed that election reform > took the path through added election rounds. > > Reform of FPTP would thus add a second election round where the > Condorcet winner would meet the FPTP winner. Who in the UK would > object to that? > <details snipped>
I agree that such a system would have good results, often would not even need two rounds (if all systems' winners were the same), and would successfully address the weak Condorcet winner objection. Unfortunately, I also think that it passes the complexity threshold for most people. It's hard enough to explain one new system; you're suggesting making it so we'd have to explain three? Remember, faux-just-folks "too complicated for me" arguments were a big part of the successful anti-AV campaign in the UK. Jameson
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