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Originally Posted by 4X4
I wonder what it'd be like if there were two rounds of voting... We could have all the candidates in the first round, then just the top two in the second round. Maybe people wouldn't be so apprehensive about voting for who they really want to win?
I need to think about this more, but it's just an idea.
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I've wanted to see a system set up along that line for years. This first past the post system we have in Canada in which candidates and entire governments get elected with only 35 or 40 per cent of the popular vote is seriously messed up IMO. The down side of course is the expense of staging two votes, and keeping voters interested enough to come out and vote. As far as voter interest goes, I can see a two vote, runoff system actually engaging voters and resulting in higher voter turnout. More people might turn out on the second ballot to vote against a really undesirable outcome since their vote won't be watered down by third and fourth parties drawing off votes.