Two-Party System
by Jeff
Image text: I favor approval voting or IRV chiefly because they mean we might get to bring back The Bull Moose party.
This comic is taking a typical internet argument that the two party system is ruining American politics and taking it to a class president election in a school.
Approval voting is the type of voting in which the voter can vote for as many candidates as you would like. In a way, any candidate you "approve" of.
IRV or Instant - runoff voting is the type of voting in which the voter ranks their choices from 1 on down.
The Bull Moose Party is also known as the Progressive Party and it was formed when Teddy Roosevelt lost the nomination to William Taft.
The idea of the image text is that with the ability to vote for more than one person, that would develop more chances for additional political parties.
November 11th, 2009
But what does “estab” mean?
November 11th, 2009
estab… should mean establishment
as a “big word” that he learned from internet
November 20th, 2009
The punchline makes reference to blogs and forums, where a person typically makes a reply, and then never comes back to the discussion.
December 2nd, 2009
But IRV is so 2001. The cool geeks are now all about Schulze and/or Range Voting.
(Sarcasm aside, IRV does not end two-party dominance, just allows minor parties to eke out a living in somewhat-larger margins.)
December 16th, 2010
If anyone wants to work towards Range Voting (or just find out more about it), check out rangevoting.org