Unfortunately, most self-identified "independents" aren't true independents and usually reflexively vote for one of the two parties. There was a study last year finding that only about 1 in 10 voters is truly independent.
This is THE single most powerful thing we could to improve the country, reduce partisanship, & smash the complacent, corrupt duopoly of the @DNC and @GOP.https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1276948427247624193 …
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True, but the research has had less to say on how we can influence voting in party primaries, where ranked-choice voting SEEMS to make the most sense.
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Not ranked choice... Approval voting! (vote for as many candidates as you like, but give no more than one vote to any single candidate).
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This. Every indication is that approval voting is superior to RCV, especially WRT improving (i.e., moving away from) 2-party politics.
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I imagine it would take an election catastrophe of some sort to move ranked-choice voting into the Overton window. Seem implausible? UBI ended up on the agenda due to a global pandemic that people insist "nobody saw coming."https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1276948427247624193 …
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Wish I could agree. We have ranked voting in Australia and yet a duopoly effectively remains. Not saying it won't have its benefits, but I'm skeptical about how radically positive it would be.
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We do get the benefit of putting the worst candidate last. Quite satisfying.
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Too many smart people are endorsing this here.
@ESYudkowsky the Nash equilibrium of instant runoff is still a two party system!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Just going to second that approval voting is better than ranked choice, especially for this (Ranked choice is still subject to split vote & extremism sketch: left ranks "far left > center >> far right", right ranks opposite, which removes center even tho center is best for all)
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@AndrewYang Must have read the new book by@katherinegehl and@MichaelEPorter titled "The Politics Industry." The roadmap outlined is precisely about a new path in politics in addressing the powers of the "Duopoly."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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