Why "One Voter, One Vote" is FUD

[pozorvlak]

[Non-UK readers: we're having a referendum on May 5th about whether or not to alter the voting system used to elect Members of Parliament. The alternative on offer is, appropriately enough, the Alternative Vote system, sometimes called Instant-Runoff voting

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[lesslucid]

Yes... probably true. I think it's my anger at disinformation being spread that makes me want to characterise it as dishonesty, thereby justifying hatred of the person spreading it. But I'm aware confirmation bias affects everybody, and as hard as I try to correct for it in myself I'm sure I'm not 100% successful. But in a situation like this... Hague is an intelligent man and the argument he's making is so weak, it seems even a cursory effort to examine it honestly would reveal to him that what he's saying is wrong and invalid. I mean, what you've put here isn't just a "different point of view" or "another opinion about it"; it is a complete demolition of the idea that voters for minor parties get "more votes" under AV. I can't understand how, without intentional dishonesty or self-deception, someone could read the above or a version of it and then continue to propagate the idea that AV gives more votes to some voters than others. And... surely someone has a responsibility to at least canvas the counter-arguments to their own position before asserting it as a given truth?