Sentences with phrase «better voting system»

We need a better voting system.

What would have been a better voting system, a simple yea or nay on everything?

The instant runoff system is considered a very good voting system when choosing between multiple options because it avoids the spoiler effect (e.g. two similar options stealing each other votes so a 3rd candidate who is actually less popular than them wins), doesn't discourage votes for options perceived as underdogs and leads to a compromise most people can agree to.

For all these reasons, I think AV is actually a very good voting system and I would put the referendum result down to several things — an ineffective Yes campaign (if you typed AV into Google, they didn't even come up on the first page of results), lies and smears spread by the No campaign, the association with Nick Clegg, the split in Labour over AV and finally, and not insignificantly, the fact that the Electoral Commission sent leaflets to every household containing an overly complex explanation that made AV look more complex than the insides of a nuclear reactor.

«Travellers from more than 40 countries took part in the survey, and the results demonstrate how well our voting system works: eight of the ten most popular attractions from the previous year retained their top - ten ranking in 2015.»

Not exact matches

Fine dave, would you feel better if I said «Fvck you and your lazy ass selfish friends who are too lazy to get off your ass and vote, too lazy to bother to understand how the system is stacked against change, too dumb to understand it when it's explained to you, and too self - centered to realize or care that real people are affected by these things.»

If this guy gets votes just because he is religious to the extent he might actually have a chance in the race... well it goes to show there are seriously too many primitive Americans out there and the education system is failing...

It is sad that so many people feel that their best option in the voting booth is «a lesser of 2 evils» I blame the party system we have.

Our unique, hassle - free voting system works well here.

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As the election is held under the AV system, their second preference votes will be allocated mostly to the two front runners, as those backing their preferred non-Miliband candidate use the system to have a say in the front runner race as well.

In short, we shouldn't worry too much about whether or not a voting system is perfect; picking one that's pretty good would be a vast improvement over the current situation in most elections

Far better to reform the voting system for elections so we get a more representative kind of politics.

Campaigners naively suppose people will vote for it because AV is seen as a better system.

I would vote for most PR systems in a referendum, though (to complicate things) I think there is a good principled case for the type of compromise package I advocate, beyond the «it could happen in practice» pragmatic argument.

There'll be plenty of Get - Out - The - Vote messages to send, plus last - minute candidate videos and fundraising appeals to promote, but by now the real work should be done — if the systems aren't in place and the databases largely complete by now, somebody'd better be sweating.

There is no point having PR for both the Commons and Lords — every voting system has some flaw or other, so it's better to have different means of election to both chambers if both are elected, with the purpose of each correcting the other's flaws.

For example, the Borda count is a rank - order voting system that satisfies all of Arrow's conditions except IIA, but is almost hilariously vulnerable to strategic voting — you always want to rank your candidate's strongest opponent last, even if you actually like them second best.

The British electoral system values clarity: few people dissent from the line that it is better to have a government that can pass legislation and take decisions when it needs to than to be stuck with one that stumbles on hand - to - mouth from vote to vote.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

While some of the other answers and comments have some good points about people supporting meritocracy and similar ideas, I believe that the most important answer has less to do with individual voter's ideologies, and more to do with the voting system.

Well, actually - easy - all we need to do is implement voting systems that would support few things:

One thing this showed was how well our FPTP system works and how silly he results can be when you have play votes.

The two best countries to see this are Switzerland, which has referendum voting at the Federal Level and The United States, which has some system of referendum voting at the state level (The most common being referral voting, where the legislature can opt to pass a law by citizen vote, which is available in all 50 states.

Yes, it is ironic that the voting system favoured by John Harris and Neal Lawson - AV + - would allow a greater number of parachuted candidates through the top - up route as well as the constituency route.

However, in the Hungarian system, surplus votes of the party winning the constituency go towards the list as well, skewing the result away from proportionality.

A great example of a «better voting» system is how moderators are picked here on StackExchange.

By the way AV is a fudge of a system but is slightly better than FPTP so I'm backing it until we get the chance to vote for PR.

The referendum campaign greatly increased support for independence, which is highly correlated with SNP voting in the General Election, as well as further dividing the Scottish party system, which was already split by attitudes towards independence.

In a system with voting it is always assumed that people vote according to what they think is best, but «best» might not be narrowly defined.

Our goal should be to make the voting system better and not how can we better incentivize voters to wait in a three - hour voting line in 2020.

Yet those who want to change our voting system to make it fairer should be careful what they wish for, and would do well to reflect on history.

«We need to make sure that the voting system is as simple as possible, that we have the best representation possible.

Under a proportional voting system this might be a good thing.

Traditional tactical voting in our first - past - the - post system involves supporters of parties coming third or lower in their constituency trying to better influence the outcome by voting for one of the top two candidates.

Your vote is your own, but to work within the system you should vote for the candidate you feel best fits the role that the election seeks to fill.

I applaud the Vote Better NY coalition's efforts to modernize the system and its support for early voting, expanded voter registration and calls for a clear and concise ballot design.»

His past role as head of policy for a drugs company and his vote to renew nuclear weapons system Trident will not play well with left - wingers.

I'm grateful to Vote Better NY for bringing attention to an issue that goes to heart of our democratic system, and look forward to working with my colleagues to create a better, fairer, and more open electoral process for all New Yorkers.&Better NY for bringing attention to an issue that goes to heart of our democratic system, and look forward to working with my colleagues to create a better, fairer, and more open electoral process for all New Yorkers.&better, fairer, and more open electoral process for all New Yorkers.»

In other words, applied to voting systems, it means that whatever your preferences are, you can choose the ballot that best defends your opinion, without knowing what other voters will do.

«With just days to go, it is more important than ever that we put aside party differences for the good of the country and that everyone comes out to vote against the unfair and expensive alternative vote system on May 5th,» she said.

Two quite separate issues need two quite separate ballot papers A better system would make sure that all votes counted equally when it came to determining which party formed the Government.

They reckoned that their best hope of holding their seats was for the coming referendum on the voting system to produce a majority for the Alternative Vote (AV).

Labour has done very well in the London Assembly proportional system with well over a million votes.

The European elections are held under a proportional voting system which gives smaller parties a better chance of winning seats than in general elections.

It was billed as «The Democratic Renewal Rally», and jointly put on by — from right to left — Progress, the Fabian Society and Compass, and the Vote For A Change campaign, currently doing their best to make headway on getting the UK a more proportional voting system.

A better system should retain the same simple voting and counting that characterises FPTP.

Ed Miliband would have seemed a strong leader, Labour would have got a better candidate and London's proportional voting system would have helped neutralise the electoral impact.

More distinctive is the reiteration of Plaid's long - standing support for the use of Single Transferable Vote (STV), an electoral system that it wants to see used for electing the second chamber as well as («when applicable») in all other elections.

«We must find more ways to protect taxpayers and create good jobs, ensure access to quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers, ensure voting rights, protect women's rights, ensure our education system receives the resources it deserves, repair and fully fund our decaying infrastructure and MTA, and stand up for vulnerable communities under attack by the Trump administration.»