How We Should Vote (Range Voting)
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it in voting-reform discussions as a concise explanation of range voting versus other systems.
What it is
A six-minute explainer from Undefined Behavior on range (score) voting. It follows an earlier video on Arrow's Theorem and shows how range voting seems to satisfy the criteria Arrow's Theorem says no ranked system can.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2017 to 2019.
What Hacker News said
Recommends LoonyBalloony · 2017-02 · on “Robots Aren’t Killing the American Dream”
Elections were (IMO) meant to be bloodless revolutions. its just the 1% has captured both primary political parties. Also, the flawed first past the post electoral system discourages competition (IMO to keep it cheaper for the 1% to own the whole process). I'll post some videos from people smarter then me: [LINK] [LINK] [this video] [LINK] [LINK] [LINK]
Recommends redahs · 2017-02 · on “Kenneth Arrow Has Died”
You might like 'undefined behavior'. The following video covers 'Range Voting' in relation to Arrow's Theorem: [this video]
Recommends thelasthuman · 2018-11 · on “The Second Half of Watergate Was Bigger, Worse, and Forgotten by the Public”
Elections are supposed to be bloodless revolutions. If you can't effect change through the electoral system, then the non violent solution is to revolutionize how we vote. Relevant videos (IMO) First Past The Post Voting - [LINK] Range Voting - [this video] Single Transferable Vote - [LINK] Alternative Vote - [LINK] Mixed-Member Proportional Representation - [LINK] Bonus video This video will make you angry - [LINK]
Cites LoonyBalloony · 2017-04 · on “Men Without Work”
"For example my desire as a buyer would be to purchase an awesome steak for about a dollar but the failings of our society have again let me down." "Lobby" congress to right these wrongs perhaps? [LINK] [this video]
Cites LoonyBalloony · 2017-05 · on “The nearly 5M US Census Blocks with zero population (2014)”
Perhaps because powerful people don't want to find a solution; The powerful is exactly who is represented in our flawed electoral system: http//i.imgur.com/Uc6kX8G.jpg [LINK] [this video] [LINK]
Cites fny · 2017-11 · on “Arrow's Theorem (2014)”
Arrows theorem is misleading because it only applies to rank order systems. Range voting (i.e. 0-5 rating system) satisfies all the criteria. [0] So yes, democracy is theoretically possible. [0]: [this video]
Cites LoonyBalloony · 2017-11 · on “Join the Battle for Net Neutrality”
"bad electoral system." First Past The Post Voting - [LINK] Range Voting - [this video] Single Transferable Vote - [LINK]
Cites LoonyBalloony · 2017-11 · on “More Than a Million Pro-Repeal Net Neutrality Comments Were Likely Faked”
First Past the Post voting: [LINK] Range Voting: [this video] Single Transferable vote: [LINK] Do away with voting booths, attach voting to everyone's tax forms. Give everyone a $5 tax credit for voting. People who don't do taxes can go to a public library and just pull the voting portion off of the tax forms there and mail it in. Break up corporations in every sector of the economy and either resell the chunks back to the market or turn them all into 100% worker owned and operated co-ops.