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Cleita

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8. Instant runoff voting or something similar could help.

Reply to Iceberg Louie (Original post)

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 05:05 PM

Jun 2013

I believe it's working in Australia that also has a two party system. Sometimes a third party can win because of the way the votes are divided when people choose three candidates in order of preference.

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The Third Party: Pipe Dream or Logical Fallacy? [View all] Iceberg Louie Jun 2013 OP

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, you may cherish Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #1

thank you for these quotes. It seems so hopeless, but if I vote my conscience at least I know liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #3

+1 LWolf Jun 2013 #12

I just can't do it anymore. I have been voting democrat loyally for 19 yrs now, and the party liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #2

You are not alone nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #4

I always wanted a ballot that had "none of the above" as an option. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #5

Get involved locally tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #11

It all depends on whether you want to assuage your own conscience jazzimov Jun 2013 #6

well call me selfish then because at the end of the day I want to know I did everything I could to liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #7

^^^^THIS^^^^^ Autumn Jun 2013 #14

The problem with your point is this: LWolf Jun 2013 #13

Instant runoff voting or something similar could help. Cleita Jun 2013 #8

It is rational to expect the fascists to be better organized than the anarchists. FarCenter Jun 2013 #9

I will never vote for the lesser of two evils again. 99Forever Jun 2013 #10