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New Hampshire Bill Proposed to Switch State to Approval Voting (legiscan.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Bob@midwest.social to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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If you live in New Hampshire, I suggest you call your state legislators to support this bill. Approval Voting is a very small change that goes a long way! If you don't live in New Hampshire, send this to someone who does!

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[–] Bob@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's not what they did in the 2020 primary. Only a small number of people cast safety votes for Biden when they were given them freedom to vote for as many people as the liked.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago

We don't need to look at old exit polling. RCV is in use in 17 states. Furthermore, people are more likely to conform to approval voting's theoretical framework in a poll because it doesn't have any weight behind it. In the two elections that have actually used approval voting candidates all ran a single vote message and voters largely refused to vote for more than one person.

The thought experiment falls apart in reality.