We have people that don't like the current Plurality Voting system and others don't like some proposals like Instant Runoff Voting. I offer a more transitional idea. It's like Approval Voting and I call it X- Value Voting.
- Each voter has 1 vote
- With that vote, a voter can vote for as many candidates as he/she wants
- The value of that vote for each candidate depends on how many candidates you voted for (i.e., if you vote for 4 candidates, each candidate gets 0.25 votes)
Typical FPTP election
R 45%: 5.625% (5,625 voters)
D 44%: 5.5% (5,500 voters)
G 6%: 0.75% (750 voters)
I 5%: 0.625% (625 voters)
Combinations:
R; R/D; R/G; R/I; R/D/G; R/D/I; R/G/I; R/D/G/I
D; D/R; D/G; D/I; D/R/G; D/R/I; D/G/I; D/R/G/I
G; G/R; G/D; G/I; G/R/D; G/R/I; G/D/I; G/R/D/I
I; I/R; I/D; I/G; I/R/D; I/R/G; I/D/G; I/R/D/G
R1: 1 vote for R
R2: 0.5 vote for R/ 0.5 vote for D
R3: 0.5 vote for R/ 0.5 vote for G
R4: 0.5 vote for R/ 0.5 vote for I
R5: 0.33 vote for R/ 0.33 vote for D/ 0.33 vote for G
R6: 0.33 vote for R/ 0.33 vote for D/ 0.33 vote for I
R7: 0.33 vote for R/ 0.33 vote for G/ 0.33 vote for I
R8: 0.25 vote for R/ 0.25 vote for D/ 0.25 vote for G/ 0.25 vote for I
R voters: 45,000 voters
R: 5,625+8,437+5,625+1,406= 21,093 (+3)
D: 2,812+3,750+1,406= 7,968
G: 2,812+3,750+1,406= 7,968
I: 2,812+3,750+1,406= 7,968
D voters: 44,000
D: 5,500+8,250+5,499+1,375= 20,624 (+3)
R: 2,750+3,666+1,375=7,791
G: 2,750+3,666+1,375=7,791
I: 2,750+3,666+1,375=7,791
G voters: 6,000
G: 750+1,125+750+187=2,812 (+2)
R: 375+ 500+187=1,062
D: 375+500+187=1,062
I: 375+500+187=1,062
I voters: 5,000
I:625+936+624+156=2,341 (+7)
R: 312+416+156=884
D: 312+416+156=884
G: 312+416+156=884
Total:
R: 30,830
D: 30,538
G: 19,455
I: 19,162
What’s next? Just like in IRV, we have a runoff and elimnate the last ranked candidate. As you may have noticed, in the matchups, the vote has different values. It’s always 1/n, with n being the number of Xs you cast.
In the matchups, we must re-calculate the votes for R, D and G. In some cases, I was voted. When I was the only voted one, all those votes that went to him could either be discarded or go down, in a process of feedback. In the case of 2 voted candidates, the other candidate would get 1 vote; with 3 candidates, the other 2 would get 0.5 vote and with 4 candidates, the other 3 would get 0.33 vote. The totals are calculated again until a candidate does get a majority of the votes. The I only votes would be given to the 3 candidates at a value of 0.33 votes.
Obviously, this continues as so until a candidate gets 50%+1 of the votes. What do you guys think?