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    • ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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      4 days ago

      But why multiple election days when you can have a preferential voting system that has runoff inbuilt?

      Thank goodness for this outcome though.

      • smeenz@lemmy.nz
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        4 days ago

        Because it provides for the opportunity to strategically vote based on the results of the previous round.

        • ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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          But it’s still down to two and you have one preference. What’s the strategy?

          • Riffz7@lemmy.world
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            Energize people that may have avoided the initial round of voting but are not faced with a binary decision where they may have a very strong preference rather than a large field of candidates.

            I was also on instant running voting as being a superior system but this thread is making some interesting arguments about the role time can play in an election.