Here is a situation, much in the spirit of the hypothetical quizzes that Mahnmut often likes to present us with.
Say you are the head of government of your country. Now there is a group of political activists who claim to be representing the "silent majority" of moderate people, who are independent as far as political affiliations go. You realise
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Well in that case, no I don't like that option - terrrrrrrible idea.
Since I'm not though, it seems like it could work. I always thought a Borda-count election would work, but probably only if there were 4 or 5 candidates - no more, no less.
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Let's say there are four candidates. You, the voter, put them in order of who you want.
Whoever you rank 1st gets 4 points. 2nd gets 3 points. 3rd gets 2 points. 4th gets 1 point.
Slovenia, Kiribati, and Nauru use this method (I definitely had to wiki that) - along with a bunch of sport's MVP voting (not that one though!)
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A problem with democracy is when it works as it's supposed to, it's always a choice imperfect candidates. I don't expect candidates to be perfect candidates, as I've never heard of a perfect person (well, there are mythical exceptions, but they never vote, much less run for office). Fact is we'll always have a electoral choice between jerks of varying degrees. Occasionally there will be a candidate I like very much, but I've never accepted everything somebody believes in and stands for.
Perhaps perfection is not what this NONE OF THE ABOVE folks expect. They can accept certain flaws. What they can't accept is a slate of candidates who are all of the same side of the political spectrum. I mean that's the problem I see with USA politics... that ( ... )
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