@dantheman, like the fundamentals of the idea. My simpler thought for the coming U.S. Presidential Election is a "non of the above" choice.
If non of the above wins the popular vote, then we need to redraw new candidates and vote again. It's a novel thought, as flawed as it may be.
Non of the above, sadly, currently has my vote!
I would like to see an option to vote "against the winner". If there are more people against the winner than the margin of victory then all candidates should be discarded and a new slate selected.
Something as simple as having the option to cast a vote "against X" would completely change the game. Now the winner would be the person who received the least votes!
I would be happy with a simple law that allowed one individual to give up their vote by canceling out someone else. That single law would completely change politics forever.
Voting against the winner. I would strongly support that!
That would work for me too. As long as a possibility of a new slate exists then I'm game. Picking the lesser of two evils is a road I will no longer travel.
I appreciate the article and its through examination of voting.
I agree with this idea and its implications.
However, we see that we would be in favor of this option, but I know not all people use rational thinking.
In fact, some people want to vote specifically for "the winner" and may vote based on who they perceive will win. It feels good to be on "the winning sude" and know that your opinions were "right". They would appreciate a similar simple option of "for X".
We see that is mass minnow upvotes.
The irrational world is heavily populated and must be considered.
Persuasion helps.
@strangearray that is a very good point. The herd mentality is a dynamic. Whenever something is good for lack of a better word people jump on it as they want to be part of the "good".
Just looked at some of you posts, I'm following you now.
Based of your mass minnow updates you may find some humor in this post: https://steemit.com/comic/@scaredycatguide/we-now-dub-thee-the-minnow-king-come-and-challenge-for-the-crown
As long as we vote for masters we are screwed, we need to vote for laws directly.
holy shit dan, thats a genius idea!! a vote againts the winner to see if they do indeed have a majority? rather than a perceived majority by a lack of people voting. mostly due to disillusioned by the candidates we are asked to vote for.
I like this too. Yet with the current regime this could be used as a way to keep justifying the incumbent retain office. 24 years of Obama because it is always None of the Above. I like the idea by the way. This is just me playing Devil's advocate.