We speak with former Michigan Congressmember Andy Levin, a former synagogue president, who lost his 2022 Democratic primary in a race that saw millions spent by pro-Israel groups to unseat the progressive Jewish lawmaker. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and other lobby groups have used the same playbook over the years to defeat members of Congress who do not toe the line, and Levin says the Democratic Party has to act to stop such “dark money” from deciding elections and push for a new policy on Israel-Palestine that brings peace. “We need to all get along there, and we need to work together here to make that happen,” he says.
Don’t get me started on Ordinal vs Cardinal voting systems… But the TLDR is that Ordinal is great when you have two options, and shit when you have more than that.
STAR is the best voting system I’ve found so far. (Still looking for better, but STAR is pretty good)
Yeah STAR is really promising! I ultimately appreciate anything that 1) isn’t FPTP, 2) Eliminates the Spoiler Effect, and 3) is extremely intuitive to even the most demented grandma and youngest most newest newcomer to voting. I really like Approval Voting because it’s kind of foolproof.
Like you said, hard to find perfection (eg, condorcet winner meets intuitive), but we also can’t let perfection be the enemy of good.