C.G.P.Grey lays out the problems with the U.S.A’s current “first past the post/winner take all” voting system and then explains how to fix them:
The problems:
- Minority rule: You can win with less than half the vote (at least in the beginning).
- Inevitable, unavoidable, two-party system evolves over time.
- Third-parties become spoilers; the better a third-party does the worse it is for their voters because it takes away votes from the other party they would favor.
The solutions:
1. The Alternative Vote/Instant Runoff.
2. Mixed Member Proportional Representation.