THE VIDEO SHELF · ranked-choice voting
The Voting System That Should Replace Every Election
A short CGP Grey explainer on the alternative vote (instant runoff voting) versus first past the post, made around the 2011 UK referendum. It shows how ranked ballots are tallied and why they avoid spoiler effects.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN's go-to link whenever ranked-choice voting or voting reform comes up, because it explains the mechanics quickly and entertainingly.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- ranked-choice voting
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 7
- HN mentions in dataset
- 15
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2012–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I've been a huge fan of this system ever since CGP Grey made an excellent video on how it works and why it's great. Link: [VIDEO]
rpmisms on Hacker News · 2019-10
In Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in New York CityGCP Gray has a great series on voting systems. Here is his one on Alternative Voting: [VIDEO] Highly recommend his videos. Funny and informative. Also his Podcast, Hello Internet is awesome.
Timothycquinn on Hacker News · 2021-06
In What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it?While personally I think this is a great idea, it's nothing new. In a technocratic society; specialists rule. It wouldn't matter whether the President would be a programmer, engineer, or theorist. Any scientist would do an equally good job at re-factoring the government's inefficiencies. But …
tokenizer on Hacker News · 2012-11
In We Need a Programmer for President
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