Seems extremely complex, and mixes up topics where good factual predictions are valuable (in which case I’d recommend some sort of conditional futures market) and topics where values dominate (in which case I’d prefer NOT to even vote on it, just let each person choose).
My intuition is that it’s more exploitable by the well-funded/connected than our current system, but it’s hard to tell. Certainly every additional question on a poll is an opportunity for the most-concentrated-interests to overwhelm the rest of us with bullshit.
Fortunately, there are _TONS_ of smallish organizations and groups. It’s trivial to try this out in whatever social groups you currently belong to where many members would prefer this improvement.
Regarding exploitability by well-funded and well-connected entities—I’m not sure how to tell without an empirical test. My understanding is that research into funding of electoral campaigns doesn’t show the funding as having any effect on vote totals. If that is accurate, then I’d expect it’s still true under alternate voting methods.
Seems extremely complex, and mixes up topics where good factual predictions are valuable (in which case I’d recommend some sort of conditional futures market) and topics where values dominate (in which case I’d prefer NOT to even vote on it, just let each person choose).
My intuition is that it’s more exploitable by the well-funded/connected than our current system, but it’s hard to tell. Certainly every additional question on a poll is an opportunity for the most-concentrated-interests to overwhelm the rest of us with bullshit.
Fortunately, there are _TONS_ of smallish organizations and groups. It’s trivial to try this out in whatever social groups you currently belong to where many members would prefer this improvement.
Regarding exploitability by well-funded and well-connected entities—I’m not sure how to tell without an empirical test. My understanding is that research into funding of electoral campaigns doesn’t show the funding as having any effect on vote totals. If that is accurate, then I’d expect it’s still true under alternate voting methods.