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This is the closest Derek has gotten to a clickbait title, but the content (and maths!) within are worth a watch. 

If you believe the two party system is a sham (like i do) then I hope you can take the time to find and support your local Ranked Choice Voting org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf7ws2DF-zk

I have a hard time taking third party voters seriously, because 1. the reality of the situation is we get stuck with less liked candidate (see video) and 2.   ive spoken to many who didn't even try to help

If we were able to get RCV passed in NYC, anyone can do it.

I have a hard time taking third party voters seriously, because 1. the reality of the situation is we get stuck with less liked candidate (see video) and 2.   ive spoken to many who didn't even try to help

If we were able to get RCV passed in NYC, anyone can do it. 

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Or I need to watch again and you're 100% right about that statement - either way FPTP sucks

From the video Derek basically says that - way better than what we have but still not perfect. The problems he pointed out tho seemed edge casey enough that it's not what I would call undemocratic

It seems like a step up from first past the post, but isn’t RCV the system that has been mathematically proven to be undemocratic?

The whole concept of Primaries are part of the problem I think.  You have the extremes of each party outweighing the moderates since they aren't balanced out by the other side of spectrum

I don't necessarily agree it would guarantee anything, since we've never dealt with it at any scale. 

I DO think that all parties could have legitimate primaries that hopefully brought out better candidates to start from

Imagine if we had RCV for this election: 

It would basically guarantee that we would get a third party candidate as president. Not only would people free to vote for who they really wanted, but The right and left hate eachother so much that they would simply cancel each other out.

Imagine what the US would look like without the two party politics constantly undermining itself. 

The parties would have to evolve from basically "vote for us because at least we're not them" to actually something constructive to stay relevant

Implementing Ranked Choice throughout the world's election systems is unironically the most important issue facing the democratic world, and most people are completely oblivious about it