AV is not an improvement as it’s harder for smaller parties/independents to win, the politics remains adversarial, there is a lack of minority and women representation, strategy voting is involved. Also notice how Australia is behind the countries of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland in the international rankings.
Alternative voting is a form of ranked voting. To claim that it’s harder for independents to get elected is either completely false or the reform website does a bad job of explaining it. It would make it easier for independents to get elected because people can put their names down without throwing away their vote.
AV is not an improvement as it’s harder for smaller parties/independents to win, the politics remains adversarial, there is a lack of minority and women representation, strategy voting is involved. Also notice how Australia is behind the countries of Norway, Denmark and Switzerland in the international rankings.
https://www.fairvote.ca/ranked-ballot/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Country_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_Inequality_Index
Are you seriously trying to say that AV is no better than FPTP?
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/alternative-vote/
Alternative voting is a form of ranked voting. To claim that it’s harder for independents to get elected is either completely false or the reform website does a bad job of explaining it. It would make it easier for independents to get elected because people can put their names down without throwing away their vote.