put all of your election posting here so it doesn't bother anyone else!

from @CoolerOpposide@hexbear.net:

For Agitprop purposes, I’m asking comrades to help aggregate any and all effortpost responses, critiques, or general thoughts that you have seen or written pertaining to yesterday’s U.S. election that you think have standalone value for discussion either online or IRL.

I made a post for that purpose here, and ideally it can be used not only for general discussion, but as a reference for well thought out responses in discussions about the election to save all of us some brainpower.

No shitposts please, as we’d like to highlight some comrades’ actual effort in constructing responses or analysis, but humor is 100% welcome to help make your point!

  • meth_dragon [none/use name]
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    21 days ago

    is it possible to have a not quite meme electoral system that selects for the guy with the least amount of downvotes?

    • kittin [he/him]
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      21 days ago

      It’s called “first past the post”.

      This method of counting, common in voting systems that were formed prior to the Industrial Revolution that enfranchised a small class of wealthy land-owners such as the UK and USA, drives what is called “strategic voting”.

      Insisting on your most preferred Candidate A could mean your least preferred Candidate B wins, which drives a strategic choice of supporting Candidate C instead of A.

      First-past-the-post is a system in which each voter will naturally converge on just two parties since each voter is incentivized to not vote for their “most preferred” candidate but to instead vote against their “least preferred” candidate to minimize the possibility of their votes being “wasted”.

      That is to say, the candidate with the fewest downvotes wins.