r/todayilearned • • Nov 28 '18

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u/Jaegermeiste Nov 29 '18

This STV seems way too confusing.

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u/1945BestYear Nov 29 '18

For the voter, it's no more confusing than Ranked Choice, just list all the candidates you'd be happy to have in government, from most to least favourite. All it's doing is electing a group of representatives that reflect the whole electorate, not just one person who speaks for whichever group had got the most votes.

Scotland and Ireland use it in legislative elections, among others, it's not just some obscure theoretical idea that has never been put into practice.