Why We Should Use the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method.

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Why We Should Use the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method

Why the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method is better than the Electoral College:

The Plurality with Elimination Voting method would eliminate candidates only campaigning in a few swing states In the Instant-runoff Voting Method, there would be no Electoral College system that can over or under represent certain states, just one fair vote for each citizen. In the Instant-runoff Voting Method, there would be no Electoral College system that can over or under represent certain states, just one fair vote for each citizen. You would see campaigning everywhere instead of a couple swing states because each individual vote would matter, not just the total state vote. You would see campaigning everywhere instead of a couple swing states because each individual vote would matter, not just the total state vote. There would be better voter turnout because people would see that their vote is just as important as everybody else’s vote, no matter what the population of the state that they live in is. There would be better voter turnout because people would see that their vote is just as important as everybody else’s vote, no matter what the population of the state that they live in is.

No more Negative Campaigning Because the winning of a candidate could definitely depend on being the 2nd favorite of voters who favor another candidate: Because the winning of a candidate could definitely depend on being the 2nd favorite of voters who favor another candidate: The Plurality with Elimination Voting Method would eliminate the negative campaigning and start to make candidates not be so negative when campaigning. The Plurality with Elimination Voting Method would eliminate the negative campaigning and start to make candidates not be so negative when campaigning. You would see more positive election messages over the mudslinging messages you see today. You would see more positive election messages over the mudslinging messages you see today.

Why the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method is better than other voting methods:

Third Party Spoilers In the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, voters rank candidates from favorite to least favorite, meaning that if there are two candidates running that both have similar views a voter agrees with, the voter can rank them 1st and 2nd. In the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, voters rank candidates from favorite to least favorite, meaning that if there are two candidates running that both have similar views a voter agrees with, the voter can rank them 1st and 2nd. This way a spoiler candidate is not taking a portion of the vote away from a candidate with similar views without the other candidate being represented by the voter’s choice. This way a spoiler candidate is not taking a portion of the vote away from a candidate with similar views without the other candidate being represented by the voter’s choice.

Third Party Spoilers cont. example: A community of 6,500 is voting for a mayor using the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method. The results are shown below in a preference schedule: example: A community of 6,500 is voting for a mayor using the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method. The results are shown below in a preference schedule: 2,5001,0003,000 1 st BCA 2 nd CBB 3 rd AAC

Third Party Spoilers cont. Because no candidate received the majority of first place votes, the candidate with the fewest first place votes gets eliminated, which is candidate C. The adjusted preference schedule looks like this: Because no candidate received the majority of first place votes, the candidate with the fewest first place votes gets eliminated, which is candidate C. The adjusted preference schedule looks like this: 2,5001,0003,000 1 st BBA 2 nd AAB

Third Party Spoiler cont. After the second round, candidate B wins with 3,500 votes to A’s 3,000. If the Plurality Voting Method (which is basically a popular vote) was used instead, the spoiler would have totally skewed the results of the election, allowing A to win over B because of the spoiler C. After the second round, candidate B wins with 3,500 votes to A’s 3,000. If the Plurality Voting Method (which is basically a popular vote) was used instead, the spoiler would have totally skewed the results of the election, allowing A to win over B because of the spoiler C. But with the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, the spoiler is eliminated and allows a fair election to take place. But with the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, the spoiler is eliminated and allows a fair election to take place.

Less Complicated (Why it beats the Borda Count Voting Method) The Plurality with Elimination Voting Method is less time consuming and complicated than some other voting methods. The Plurality with Elimination Voting Method is less time consuming and complicated than some other voting methods. It is also pretty straight forward to vote and count up the votes, while voting methods like the Borda Count method can get complicated and extremely time consuming, especially when you’re doing an election for America, a fairly large country. It is also pretty straight forward to vote and count up the votes, while voting methods like the Borda Count method can get complicated and extremely time consuming, especially when you’re doing an election for America, a fairly large country. Citizens also don’t want to wait around forever to know who won a presidential election. Citizens also don’t want to wait around forever to know who won a presidential election. Also, in the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, you don’t have to do a revote, which is both time consuming and sometimes can totally skew an election. Also, in the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, you don’t have to do a revote, which is both time consuming and sometimes can totally skew an election.

No Weighted Votes The Plurality with Elimination Voting Method allows every vote to count equally without any bias or “weight”. The Plurality with Elimination Voting Method allows every vote to count equally without any bias or “weight”. In this way it is better than the Approval Voting Method and Weighted Voting Method. In this way it is better than the Approval Voting Method and Weighted Voting Method. The Weighted Voting Method gives more power to certain voters than to others, somewhat like the amount of electoral college “points” each state gets, which would be unfair. The Weighted Voting Method gives more power to certain voters than to others, somewhat like the amount of electoral college “points” each state gets, which would be unfair.

No Weighted Votes cont. In the Approval Voting Method, a method that allows each voter to vote “yes” or “no” for each candidate, a voter can vote “yes” for as many candidates as they want. This would make a vote with all but one candidate marked “yes” more powerful than a vote with only one candidate marked “yes”. In the Approval Voting Method, a method that allows each voter to vote “yes” or “no” for each candidate, a voter can vote “yes” for as many candidates as they want. This would make a vote with all but one candidate marked “yes” more powerful than a vote with only one candidate marked “yes”.

Conclusion Now that you’ve seen all the advantages of the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, often referred to as the Instant- runoff Voting Method, hopefully you can see why this method is the best voting method for America to use to elect our president. Now that you’ve seen all the advantages of the Plurality with Elimination Voting Method, often referred to as the Instant- runoff Voting Method, hopefully you can see why this method is the best voting method for America to use to elect our president.