[EM] Third parties

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

On 2024-07-28 01:32, Richard, the VoteFair guy wrote:
> Here's a frequently overlooked issue about election methods.  It came to 
> my attention when Michael Ossipoff repeatedly suggested I was not voting 
> honestly in his poll.
> 
> Michael Ossipoff wrote:
>  >>  You dislike all current parties? Have you read all of their
>  >>  platforms? ...
>  >>  Regarding the platform-policies & leaders of the parties you’ve
>  >>  heard of, other than the Democrats & Republicans—what about them
>  >>  isn’t wise, problem-solving?
> 
> [... longer version, with repetition, is at bottom]
> 
> Yes, I honestly do NOT like ANY political party.

[...]

> Taking a peek into the future ...
> 
> After ranked choice ballots get adopted for U.S. elections, third-party 
> candidates are likely to win some elections for awhile, until big 
> parties wake up and realize they need to offer better candidates.  This 
> transition also may involve big parties offering two nominees from each 
> party (the second one perhaps being the candidate with the second-most 
> plurality votes in the primary election), and those second nominees 
> winning instead of the first, money-backed nominees.
> 
> Hopefully, shortly into this transition to better election methods and 
> better winning candidates, big parties will offer better candidates.  If 
> they don't, at least one of those big parties will get abandoned in 
> favor of a third party that offers an effective-solutions-based party 
> platform, along with wise problem-solving candidates who are worth 
> voting for.

You seem to be saying that, when better methods are implemented, then 
parties may arise that you'll like. Is that right?

I just wanted to ask since the first part could be read as that you 
dislike political parties as a construct, whatever opinions they may hold.

-km