[Serious Discussion] Alternative Vote

[skitee 555]

In an attempt to get more Serious Discussion into Off-Topic Discussion, I have created this thread:

 

Here in England, we are having a referendum on Thursday about whether to implement Alternative Vote as the voting system. We have had numerous Q&As about it, a couple of debates, hundreds of discussions, and numerous other things, but what is your opinion on it?

 

To put it simply, alternative vote, or instant-runoff voting, is a way of voting in contrast to the present first-past-the-post system implemented at the moment. You rank your supported candidates in order and, if the candidate you chose as first choice got less than a certain proportion of the vote, then that choice is not counted and instead your second choice gets the vote.

 

I am strongly in favour of AV, viewing it to be far fairer than the present FPTP. However, I fear that AV might fail due to the fact that people in the country are too confused at the prospect and at how the "NO" campaign is quite strong in the media. Also, people are afraid at letting the Liberals from getting what they want, I fear, so they might vote against it.

 

So, what do you think:

 

1. Is AV in place in your local area, or is it another system? If it is AV, how do you find it? If it isn't, which system is it?

 

2. Would you support AV or First-Past-The-Post? FPTP, to sum up, means that the party with the most votes in an area wins that local election: simple as that.

 

3. Is AV really the best option to FPTP? Or should there be other options in the referendum, such as Single Transferable Vote or Proportional Representation? Or even another, less well-known, method?

 

4. Do you think it is fair that people around the country are planning on voting against AV because they are pro-conservative and want the conservatives to do well, even if they believe AV is a fairer system?

 

5. Do you think that it is right that the Conservatives, who use AV in their own internal elections, undoubtedly because it is fairest, are campaigning so strongly against it because it doesn't suit their own ends?

 

Tell me what you think on these issues!

[Mizz33 0]

Doesn't England have a constitutional monarchy?

[skitee 555]

Doesn't England have a constitutional monarchy?

 

yes.... what's that got to do with it? We still have elections!

[NoblePlatOne 19]

Off with his head!!!

[fIae9 1]

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