Tulsi Gabbard leaves Democratic Party, denounces it as 'elitist cabal'

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

Of course more parties will pull votes away, that's how it's supposed to work

In the US system the independent parties like Libertarian or Green aren't viable for anything but local offices. They don't have a shot in the upper echelons of politics, they can't compete with the two main parties, and voting for them can be even worse than throwing away your vote. Ranked voting could fix that. Then we can support third parties without sabotaging the actual viable candidates.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Macron's party in France was just like that until one day their guy became president. Party power can switch very quickly without ranked voting. Ranked voting rather tends to keep the same people in power for generations because they can always get into a coalition somehow.