The problem with "First Past The Post" voting systems, summed up in one image

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[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's an enforced duopoly by the big two parties.

It's Pepsi vs Coke, and all I want is water.

[–]roc 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

But the graph says it's instant runoff voting, that's not quite the same as first past the post.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Functionally the same, resulting in a 2-party system