[advantark2]

Absolutely true. And the first-past-the-post voting system in America amplifies the us-vs-them mentality that has created political gridlock for nearly a decade now.

[lelandbatey]

Thats been my biggest takeaway from this entire election: we need to implement "Instant Runoff Voting" as the way we vote in this country.

http://fairvote.org/

[Kronopath]

Disagree. IRV introduces some bizarre nonlinearities in the voting space that could lead to shockingly unintuitive behaviour. See these voting simulations for an example:

http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/

A better system would be something like approval voting, or condorcet, both described in the above link.

[jliptzin]

Sadly most Americans will fail to understand why IRV would be good or even how it works.

[seabee]

Case in point: http://www.fairvote.org/lessons-from-burlington