And yes, your name is silly. You should change it; messaging matters and you start with your left foot forward.
And yes, your name is silly. You should change it; messaging matters and you start with your left foot forward.
Switch to range voting, STAR voting, approval voting, and it goes away.
The incumbent parties don't have a lot of incentive to do that because tautologically the people currently in office are the people the existing system puts in office, so why would they want a different one? But even a lot of politicians are pretty jaded about the existing system. Get a couple third parties in there who are willing to turn a 51 vote majority into a 49 vote minority over this and you might get it through.
Fair enough! You are, of course, exactly right. But, the reasons for still having first past the post voting are arguably less clear. Many nations have reformed their first past the post voting systems while the US (along with some other countries) remains stuck.
A better strategy is to trade your vote away on anything that isn't your core issue. You trade with political opponents for their support when the issue you do care about comes up.
Using that technique, even a single representative can have quite some impact, as long as the issue they care about is narrow enough.
So, the pirate party protects people.
We need ranked choice voting and campaign finance reform.