The US state of Maine uses it. Also a few others like Alaska.
Maine has a phenomenal demonstration of how it should work in the governor’s race. The Fascist party got the most votes in the first round, but no a majority. As the round progressed the majority vote coalesced behind a consensus candidate, who won.
With FPTP, it would have been a hard right fascist governor. With STV, a moderate with broad support won.
I like the sound of SVT but do not know any examples of such a system so it could be awful for all I know.
Either way, thank you for such an informative response!
The Australian Senate and Irish Parliament are the two national-level examples of STV that I know of
Interesting, I’ll look those up.
The US state of Maine uses it. Also a few others like Alaska.
Maine has a phenomenal demonstration of how it should work in the governor’s race. The Fascist party got the most votes in the first round, but no a majority. As the round progressed the majority vote coalesced behind a consensus candidate, who won.
With FPTP, it would have been a hard right fascist governor. With STV, a moderate with broad support won.