Pros And Cons Of Electoral Reform In The United States

Owen Barnes Professor Raynaldo Composition and Rhetoric 1302 22 April 2024 An Electoral Reform in the United States: The Benefits of Ranked Choice Voting and Multi-Member Districts The Voting System of the United States should be revamped because the currently used electoral systems are flawed and biased. Although the Simple Majority Voting System and Single-Member districts - which are the current electoral systems being used in the United States - do harbor strengths that in some ways make them better than the Ranked Choice Voting System, these small advantages pale in comparison to the many drawbacks. Even though it is true that there does not exist a single electoral system or combination of electoral systems that are perfect in every, or even in a single, way. Nevertheless, such small

This ensures that the The winner of an election has support from the largest majority of the population as possible.Because they work so well together, Ranked Choice voting is commonly used inside the elections of Multi-Member districts - Multi-Member districts are similar to Single-Member districts except there is multiple people elected in office instead of just one. Electoral reforms have taken place in modern day countries similar to the United States, thus an electoral reform in the United States should not be dismissed without thought. Initiating electoral reform in a country with a well established political and electoral system may seem to be a daunting undertaking; but in reality, several successful electoral reforms have already happened in other modern day countries. More specifically, Australia: Within the last century, the country of Australia has undergone electoral reform and now uses “[Ranked Choice Voting] to elect its most powerful [positions]” resulting in an overall positive impact on the country(“Lessons from Australia’s Ranked Choice Voting