People frequently are forced to vote for someone other than their preference, keeping us in a two-party duopoly.
American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” plurality voting system ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ismar Volić, Wellesley College; Andy Schultz, Wellesley College, and David McCune, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ranked choice voting makes use of more information from the voters than plurality voting. stefanamer/Getty Images American ...
There is no question that plurality voting (Alaska’s old voting system, which Ballot Measure 2 would reinstate) is simpler than the new ranked choice system we operate under now. Plurality voting is, ...