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Getting into the Senate is the politician equivalent of an academic getting tenure
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Ranked choice is first past the post with extra steps.
But doesn't it resolve the vote-splitting problem? For example, a common scenario here is you have a right-wing candidate winning in a a left-leaning district because the left's vote is split across more than one political party. Wouldn't a ranked system solve that dilemma once all the dust has settled?
Pretty sure the guy you're answering to has no idea what he's talking about. Lol