I'm curious, other than tradition (which is a good argument in politics!), what's the best argument in favor of caucuses? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/campaigns-warn-of-chaos-ahead-of-the-nevada-caucuses/2020/02/16/ef78ef52-50c8-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html …
-
Show this thread
-
Replying to @Pinboard
From a voting theory point of view, it allows voters to express more of a ranking of their preferences than a simple plurality ballot (though only within their precinct).
1 reply 0 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @mattblaze
Would ranked-choice voting of the kind they use in Maine remove this advantage entirely?
4 replies 1 retweet 14 likes -
Replying to @Pinboard @mattblaze
or just look at Australia for multiple different takes on preferential voting.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @wileyfuller @mattblaze
Yeah, but look who Australia elects. No thanks.
1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @Pinboard @mattblaze
Look, fair call for the House of Reps, but the Senate has much broader representation, and then if you look at the Australian Capital Territory, which uses Hare-Clarke Proportional Representation, it's had a Green-Labor coalition in power for more than 10 years.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
I'd also argue that the current government is more a reflection of the state of politics at the moment, instead of the method of allocating preferences.
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Yeah, I'm just baiting you on a government you're probably already despondent about
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.