[ClayShentrup]

> Even first-past-the-post seems to be doing a reasonable job of that.

utterly false. https://www.rangevoting.org/PConsumer.html

[eru]

To be clear: I am saying that in practice people get the _policies_ they mostly agree with, not that the candidates they prefer over other candidates get elected.

That's (partially) because the candidates in order to attract voters pick policies that voters prefer.