Download This PaperHow to Improve Ranked-Choice Voting and Democracy
9 Pages Posted: 17 Jun 2022
Date Written: June 17, 2022
Abstract
The essay explains how ranked-choice voting leads to election outcomes that better represent what voters want compared with first-past-the-post, the traditional American voting system. It also shows that there is an even better system: majority-rule.
Keywords: Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
JEL Classification: D72
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Maskin, Eric S., How to Improve Ranked-Choice Voting and Democracy (June 17, 2022). Capitalism & Society, Volume 16, Issue 1 (2022), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4138767
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