>"We live in a winner take all system." Yeah, so does everyone else.
But they really don't compared to the US. If I vote Green in the US, in most locales (discounting Seattle and Portland here..) that person isn't going to get elected. If I vote Green in Germany (for example), there's a very real possibility that Greens will end up in a coalition government.
>My suspicion is that ranked choice voting isn't going to fix anything in the US,
Agreed!
>The US's problems are 90% cultural and institutional.
Yes. Money talks. If someone said "I'm forming a Progressive Party" or "I'm forming an Eisenhower Republicans Party", they would have enough philosophical supporters to make it happen, but they would need name-brand donors and name-brand candidates to have a meaningful impact. So far, that hasn't happened.
But they really don't compared to the US. If I vote Green in the US, in most locales (discounting Seattle and Portland here..) that person isn't going to get elected. If I vote Green in Germany (for example), there's a very real possibility that Greens will end up in a coalition government.
>My suspicion is that ranked choice voting isn't going to fix anything in the US,
Agreed!
>The US's problems are 90% cultural and institutional.
Yes. Money talks. If someone said "I'm forming a Progressive Party" or "I'm forming an Eisenhower Republicans Party", they would have enough philosophical supporters to make it happen, but they would need name-brand donors and name-brand candidates to have a meaningful impact. So far, that hasn't happened.