In any solid red or blue location, the party in control will promote any narrative to discredit RCV because it could only weaken their influence in the area.
For example, most people who are progressives vote blue only because the alternative is far worse. But if a heavily blue state were to pass RCV, it might mean gasp that Democrats lose seats to a more progressive party.
Some RCV ballot designs are better than others. For example:
Also, as an experience designer who has had the pleasure of sitting in many many user tests, never under estimate how dumb people are. Some people are going to be confused by the new thing because it’s new. Good news is that this goes away after an election or two and most of the public gets used to it.
I don’t know why people think RCV would be considered difficult, we love ranking shit.
It’s about preservation of power.
In any solid red or blue location, the party in control will promote any narrative to discredit RCV because it could only weaken their influence in the area.
For example, most people who are progressives vote blue only because the alternative is far worse. But if a heavily blue state were to pass RCV, it might mean gasp that Democrats lose seats to a more progressive party.
WORST nightmare of liberal fortresses with a significant percentage of alienated progressives such as Detroit, Portland, Austin and all of California!
We should explain it to voters as “create a buzzfeed listicle of your favourite politicians”
RCV: where you create a tier list of all available candidates
Ballot design.
Some RCV ballot designs are better than others. For example:
Also, as an experience designer who has had the pleasure of sitting in many many user tests, never under estimate how dumb people are. Some people are going to be confused by the new thing because it’s new. Good news is that this goes away after an election or two and most of the public gets used to it.
Great example names BTW! GoGo/Sauce 2028!
How dare you rack Dr Cherry Blossom so low. SHE STRIPPED HER WAY THROUGH MED SCHOOL
Yeah that’s an incredibly good point.
Yup, just gotta build up the movement and educate people so they can pressure the politicians.
Tier zoo has entered the chat
I just watched the Turtle list the other day haha
Fuck you Betty, Sue is my #1 MySpace friend!
And we have fucking computers to do most of the heavy lifting!