When they ballot stack, we ballot stack back.

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[–] 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yep, the only way to get republican tactics made illegal is for democrats and leftists to do it. Gerrymandering? Fine until Dems do it. Spoiler candidates? Fine until Dems do it. Being a traitor, kiddy fucker, and insurrectionist? We'll see!

Our system favors the fascist conservatives at every turn.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    (Canada) Just look at the recent Toronto mayoral result for an example of what conservatives do. We had over 50 mayoral candidates, all listed alphabetically by last name.

    The progressive option won by 13% thankfully. The guy with the stupid name who looks like Lex Luthor ran on selling the city's water to AI data centers and turning the waterfront into a private airport for rich people. Look at who won #3

    Toronto

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Fuck the very notion of a spoiler candidate. If government officials can say who is and isn't allowed to run for office we don't have a democracy. Ranked choice voting is a complete solve for this non-issue, giving cops and prosecutors another tool to bonk dissenters on the head with will only make shit worse.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I would say approval voting is a complete solve, ranked choice is still susceptible to the spoiler effect since it may be in your interest to rank a candidate higher based upon them being the exact opposite of the candidate you definetly don't want to win. If it is runoff ranked choice then it is mathematically solved, but you are relying on everyone following the correct voting strategy.

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