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What's the best way to vote? Well, last month, several of YOU voted for the best way to vote, using four different voting systems. Here are the results.

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Voting for the Best Way to Vote

What's the best way to vote? Well, last month, several of YOU voted for the best way to vote, using four different voting systems. Here are the results. Produced by Matt Beat. All images and video by Matt Beat, used under fair use guidelines, or found in the public domain. Music by Owl Nest and Kia from CreatorMix.com. Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1luG0n0e8E9C0wztzWS1n59FlApE33PS_dskSK-lZh5E/edit?usp=sharing Ranked choice voting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2zwQp8AlYQ Approval voting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L1V8Vh-F2no Score voting: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fpf8F8Knnm4 STAR voting: https://youtube.com/shorts/Zy86WYmHvMk?feature=share Fairvote: https://fairvote.org Center for Election Science: https://electionscience.org/ The Equal Vote Coalition: https://www.equal.vote/star Sources/additional reading: https://electionscience.org/voting-methods/an-assessment-of-six-single-winner-voting-methods/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Mr. Beat’s website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Mr. Beat’s second channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBeatGoesOn1981 Mr. Beat's band: https://electricneedleroom.us/ How to support Mr. Beat: 💰Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat 🤑Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat ☕Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat “Free” ways to show support: ✔️Subscribe to my channel ⏰Turn on notifications 👍Like, share, and comment on my videos Buy Mr. Beat merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ Buy Mr. Beat's book: https://amzn.to/386g7cz Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/mr.beat Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Kids Connect: https://kidskonnect.com/?ref=iammrbeat Ekster: https://ekster.com?sca_ref=444709.jvllq3EEOm Shampoo: https://rb.gy/vlqeym Acne fighter: https://rb.gy/a6dnb0 #voting #rankedchoicevoting #government Here in the United States we mostly have plurality voting for elections, even though most Americans agree that it’s absolutely not the best way to do elections. (turns) Wait, what’s that, you don’t remember what plurality voting is? Plurality voting is when a citizen only gets to vote for ONE candidate, and the candidate who gets the most votes, aka a plurality, wins the election. EVEN IF THEY DON’T GET THE MAJORITY OF VOTES. If you want to learn more about why I think plurality voting sucks, check out this video here. I swear, all I do anymore is promote my own videos in my own videos. What is happening to me. Anyway, organizations like The Center for Election Science, Fairvote, and The Equal Vote Coalition have been promoting better ways to vote for years. While all three organizations have talked trash about plurality voting, they all favor different solutions. The Center for Election Science tends to favor approval or score voting, Fairvote tends to favor ranked choice voting, and The Equal Vote Coalition is all about STAR voting.

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Ralph W. Kelly

The timing for this is pretty perfect as I now have to present my talk in a school assembly. Thanks for making :)

Joe Cook

Great video! Well done. I heard the RNC passed a resolution in their meeting last week opposing ranked choice voting. As the topic gets more play, your video is likely to get more traction into the next election cycle.

Joe Cook

It would be cool. The video points out great features of all 4 systems. RCV is not my favorite because I think it would be the hardest to audit for election integrity, but I’m still thinking about it. If it’s only used in primaries, it might moderate political candidate selection. Given the power dynamics of the 2-party system, it’s not surprising to see push back against using an alternate voting method for general election ballots (it opens competition). I’m seeing laws in several states pop up right now to ban RCV - one just hit my state legislature this week. I expect the discussion around voting to heat up around the country. Just another reason that Matt’s videos are so timely.

Adam Christians

That's why I think at least a primary option for getting more moderates would be good. Half of me thinks RCV, in a general election, might not-really help the polarization since both sides are already nippy. However, I could see a lesson-learned opportunity if both sides inadvertently pick someone neither side likes. Maybe I'm overly pessimistic about that story.

Matt Beat

That is disheartening. That's pretty anti-freedom to me to ban alternative voting methods.

Matt Beat

I think we wouldn't see the polarization go away immediately under RCV- it would take at least ten years.

Devin Canada

I know only moderate republicans like RCV the reason is it seems that when RCV was initiated in Maine voters were confused with how it worked and a Democrate got elected without getting the majority of votes. in the next election however that changed. In alaska Republicans did a heavy job educating voters so the same wouldnt happen to them there. however moderate republicans like Glenn Youngkin like it because it was looking like Democrats were going to have a strangle hold on the state just off one city. it seems like to me that RCV gives even more power to Moderates then they ever had before and makes their voices more clear while those who are more for their team may have initial confusion with how the system works.

Devin Canada

btw is rank choice in only democrat primarys because i dont remember it in the republican primarys when i voted last?

Matt Beat

Yep, this is the main reason why I like it. It builds coalitions and favors moderates.