• Hexboare [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    bullshit math wizardry are they pulling out of their ass to argue that the exact ranking of each individual candidate

    If you're voting in an election with ten candidates, but you only like two of them and equally despise the other eight, the "maths impossibility" arises because you'll have to put a candidate you hate third

      • Hexboare [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Yes, in Australian Senate elections you only need to rank at least 6 parties above the line or at least 12 individual candidates below the line on the long ballot paper

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        In practice you might rank all ~100 candidates to try and avoid a couple candidates you hate the most

        • keepcarrot [she/her]
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          2 months ago

          I usually just go with the party and stop at 6 or the first major party (that kinda acts like a big wall)