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I agree there is a simple and more concise way of answering, but I saw it as a teaching moment to go a bit more in depth.

Yeah, I think what you’ll really get with a wall of text like this is that people don’t read it and you missed the chance to influence them at all. Case in point: I didn’t read your response. Just skimmed it for the above paragraph.

If you feel the need to write a lecture, at least answer the why question first. Otherwise people really don’t care about the mechanics of the damned thing.

You’re answering the wrong question. That’s a “how” answer, not a “why” answer. Surely there is a simple one-paragraph explanation of why FPTP is terrible

On a side note, Ranked Choice specifically is only slightly better than FPTP compared to say Ranked Robin, STAR, or Score voting.

Whatever you do, please don’t split the alternative voting vote and let FPTP win with 40%.

Those exist (and are sort of annoying) but localhost literally points back to your own machine. No network setup is going to fix that (Short of running a proxy locally or messing with your hosts file. Not normal diner behaviour)

In fact you’ll find that the work sets you free.