Increasing Voter Participation Through Instant Runoff Voting and Eliminating The Electoral College

The first video in what will hopefully be a series dealing with politics and policy.

Voter turnout in the US:
http://www.fairvote.org/voter-turnout

Americans Elect ("centrist/balanced" third-"party" ticket:
http://www.americanselect.org/

an EXCELLENT explanation of Instant Runoff Voting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqblOq8BmgM

the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact:
(effectively kills the electoral college)
http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

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[BENY0HAMA]

I'm Ben Yohama and I approve this message.

[RabidApe]

@BENY0HAMA Hi, Ben!

[SiriusMined]

Instant runoff would really help 3rd/4th party candidates

[VyckRo]

"Increasing Voter Participation" so that is in US?

[ImDavidGurney]

Sign me up!David Duke will win in a multi-candidate field.The age of Knesset Kissers will come to an end.

[Toml420]

We recently tried to implement a similar system in the uk, the press quickly smothered it and it lost the popular vote, preventing anyone gaining dangerous new freedoms...

[Libertarianist]

That said, I support IRV. Although my idea of transferable representation would be even better.

[Libertarianist]

Here's a little syllogism for why lower voter turnout may be better.

Poorly functioning democracy is caused by voters who have thought less about or researched less about political issues.

Those more interested in politics tend to research and think about politics more.

Those less interested in politics are more easily discouraged from voting.

Therefore discouraging the general population from voting will improve democratic function.

[Libertarianist]

"Few would argue that increasing voter turnout and confidence is a bad thing." I'm one of those few. And there's actually quite a bit more than a few people who agree with me on this. Higher voter turnout doesn't mean better elections. Who are the voters opposing? Only each other. Whether government becomes better or worse is entirely dependent on whether the voters are intelligent enough to make good voting decisions, and not on whether enough people voted. continued

[Thorrin102070]

Like/Dislike is stuck @ 67...

[Smidge204]

I think a problem bigger than lack of participation in elections is a lack of participation BETWEEN elections. People bitch and moan but few bother to contact their representatives to express their grievances, much less effectively band together for a common cause.

[TokenDrone]

I love how you just demonstrated how we (Canada) just elected a prime minister with a majority government, with 6 million / 15 million votes. Oh, and I like your Bob.

[imrational]

The current systems of elections ONLY benefits the two primary political parties and NOT the citizens. This needs to be a MANDATORY reform.