Post by Admin on Oct 3, 2017 20:56:53 GMT
Vote123 (IRV) is extremely responsive to the wishes of the Electorate.
Vote123 also makes the forecasts of election results much more difficult. Predicting what the voter's 1st choice will be is predictable, however, predicting what the voter's 2nd and 3rd choice will be is much more difficult (if not impossible). The Party that is currently in power has a difficult time deciding when to call another general election - they cannot tell if the Electorate will support them or NOT. Parties do not like this uncertainty.
Vote123 promotes much more CIVIL campaigns. The NEGATIVE campaigns can much easier back-fire on the Party. When the Voter prioritize the list of Candidates/Parties they do not want to isolate a voter's 1st choice. If the Candidate/Party is not the voter's 1st choice, they want to be the voter's 2nd or 3rd choice. If a Candidate/Party bad-mouth the voter's 1st choice the voter may pick them as their last choice. This creates much more CIVIL election campaigns! Candidates/Parties like to be able to bad-mouth their opponents as it makes for an easy way to distinguish themselves from their opponents. Parties do not like having CIVIL campaigns.
These are reasons why Parties/Candidates would prefer some form of PR if they cannot stay with FPTP. Vote123 is not a real option to them.