• FlowVoid@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    That’s my point. In a multiparty system, it’s rare for a party to win a majority. So someone can win even though the majority prefers a different person.

    For example, suppose there are three candidates A,B, and C. It’s possible for 60% to prefer A over B, 60% to prefer B over C, and 60% to prefer C over A. No matter who wins, a majority agrees that they are worse than another candidate.

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      2 months ago

      There are other voting system than first past the post like Condorcet, coda, etc… nothing is a absolutely perfect but some system will be closer.

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        2 months ago

        None of those can avoid the situation I described above where a majority oppose the winner.