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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It's not unfair, you make the choice.
It encourages you to think critically about what you actually want and what you would be OK with. It gives power to parties that align more closely with the common Canadian than anyone on one side or the other. If you're conservative, thinking critically about who would be an acceptable alternative is crucial, but would become even more so because that thought now counts.
If you don't want a second choice, don't make one, but it's not "unfair" that you chose not to make one.
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But how does it change how a party leads? right now the 1st choice of the plurality of people wins the election. Under a ranked ballot the 1st or 2nd choice of the majority wins.
So to win an election the goal is to be the second best option. So what does this do to how parties campaign? Anything that could cause people to be against you you eliminate.