General Politics Discussion

[ijmorlan]

The per-vote subsidy with a ranked ballot is an interesting idea. Presumably allocations would be based on who you put as #1 on your ballot and not necessarily who your vote ended up going to in the end. That could help support grassroots political parties grow, which I personally think is a good thing as it would force the major parties to be more responsive to grassroots issues.

To be honest, I wasn’t really thinking about the interaction between ranked ballots and the per-vote subsidy, but I think your suggestion makes a lot of sense. It makes sense that your money should go to your top preference, even if your vote ends up going to a less preferred choice.

One could also consider splitting up the vote subsidy between choices but that gets more complicated; and surely there are many who are at least OK with their vote going to a 3rd choice or whatever to help defeat their worst choices, but still wouldn’t want their money going to that choice.