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Isabeau Vidal's avatar

Or… we could do away with the primary system, and run our elections and political parties like they do in most of Western Europe. Parties put forward candidates, and the electorate gets to vote on them. Parties have an interest in putting forward electable candidates (who also still stand for the party’s platform).

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HumbleRando's avatar

Sure, that's an option, but it doesn't seem to be working too well for Europe. Look how dysfunctional Germany's government is right now due to their "coalition" system

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Lionel Page's avatar

Interesting post. Eric Maskin (Nobel Prize winner in economics) suggests that a transferrable vote system may be the one of the best practical solutions. Such a system is what is used in Australia, and it avoids the pitfalls of the first-past-the-post system. https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/maskin/files/how_to_improve_ranked-choice_voting_and_capitalism_and_society_e._maskin.pdf

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HumbleRando's avatar

I just got the chance to read your link. Great analysis! Thanks for recommending it.

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