Western-Style Voting 'A Loser'

sethawoolley writes "In light of the upcoming elections in the US, author William Poundstone was interviewed about voting systems by Mother Jones. In it he advocates the benefits of Range Voting as a solution to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. Approval, Borda, Instant Runoff, and Condorcet Voting, which are often solutions advocated by the Greens and Libertarians (in the US), are discussed, as well, in light of Warren Smith's recent empirical research using Bayesian Regret. My local party (of which I'm the Parliamentarian) uses Single Transferable voting, but we're considering using Range Voting in the future. One thing is for certain: any system is better than the West's out-dated plurality voting system."

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Re:What a horrible law

[sjdude]

Australia ... have strict gun control because having a large bore semi-auto isn't as useful as knowing that muggers and bank theives (sic) don't have them. Bullshit, mate. Everywhere guns are outlawed, the outlaws have guns. And let's see how effective the Australian ban has been (from http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/cfi066.html):

In 1991, there were 629 firearm related deaths compared to 333 deaths in 2001. This represents a 47 per cent decrease in firearm related deaths over the period 1991 to 2001. So in the 10 year period the ~300/year reduction in firearm related deaths only cost the the entire nation of Australia the freedom to protect oneself. And is 300 deaths per 20,000,000 population statistically significant? How many deaths by automobile accident occurred in the same period? Did the Australian government consider banning autos?

Gun control is most favored by fascists and people who have never needed to protect themselves.

G'day, mate.