Agreed, but it’s only under fairly specific circumstances that it’s effective (i.e. worth it for the rational voter) in such a system. Post-war Britain managed to delete the Liberal party (or maybe just rename) but they ended up in the same boat after a while. If you can’t respect ranked preferences you end up with two big parties that try to represent a bit more than half the country, with all the nuance that allows.
That’s all true, yes. I just think it’s rational to vote third party if you were planning on not voting at all because it has some positive benefits and no real downsides.
I read the comment, it’s cogent but it’s replying to things someone else said so it’s a bit hard to apply it to what I’ve been saying in this thread in detail. TL;DR: Voting third party is valid for the reasons you outline.
Agreed, but it’s only under fairly specific circumstances that it’s effective (i.e. worth it for the rational voter) in such a system. Post-war Britain managed to delete the Liberal party (or maybe just rename) but they ended up in the same boat after a while. If you can’t respect ranked preferences you end up with two big parties that try to represent a bit more than half the country, with all the nuance that allows.
That’s all true, yes. I just think it’s rational to vote third party if you were planning on not voting at all because it has some positive benefits and no real downsides.
here’s a longer comment (that links to another comment as well) i wrote about all this stuff
I read the comment, it’s cogent but it’s replying to things someone else said so it’s a bit hard to apply it to what I’ve been saying in this thread in detail. TL;DR: Voting third party is valid for the reasons you outline.