“Democracy is passing us by and it’s time for us to catch up.” — @KristinEberhard
Sightline senior researcher Kristin Eberhard recently spoke about alternative voting systems on KBOO, a community radio station based in Portland. In her interview, Kristin explains how outdated voting systems can lead to unrepresentative democracies and disenfranchised voters. She then describes how Oregon and Washington can guide the United States towards proportional representation voting that engages more people, better reflects diverse communities, and guarantees democratic results.
Kristin also takes a look at how third parties are more successful within alternative voting systems.
Listen to the interview below:
How would this year's presidential election look like with a different voting system?
Clay Shentrup
Kristin says Instant Runoff Voting would basically be like an “instant runoff”. Not correct. For instance, when Malia Cohen was first elected to San Francisco’s board of supervisors, she had the third most first-place votes. She wouldn’t have made it to a traditional delayed runoff.