Which Is Better, One Vote Each Or Four, And Why?

Question

In a system where people only have one vote, they often wish they could have voted for the party they wanted most, but feel they had to vote for one of the top two instead.

How about the Triangular Ballot alternative? It ensures each winning MP receives some support & backing from an absolute majority of voters, how?
In Line One the voter ticks either the Labour or Conservative box;
In Line Two, he chooses between Labur & Lib Dem;
In Line Three, he can choose between the Lib Dem & Tory candidates.
And in Line Four, he writes the three letter code of one of the 40-100 other parties (a full lamented list of all these is available at each booth, along with 20 mission statement words from each).

The winner has beaten both main alternatives outright.
The second place (won 1, lost 1) and the party getting the most Line 4 votes will be main opponents of the winner at the next election.
The party that has lost against the second placed party, falls into the Line 4 list.

Answer 1

Are you kidding? They can't even use a "butterfly ballot" in some parts of the USA!

Answer 2

Wouldn't an Alternative Voting System be much simpler? I.e you number your candidates in order of preference. Say you vote:

Green 1
Liberal Democrat 3
Labour 2
Conservative 4
BNP 5

BNP gets the lowest number of 1 votes so are eliminated. The second preferences of the BNP voters are then added to the other parties first preferences. This keeps happening (eliminating the bottom candidate) until someone has at least 50% of the votes.

I believe Australia use this system and Labour use it for internal party elections.

Answer 3

I don't know about voters in the UK, but that would be much too confusing for voters in the US.

With that said, I do see some flaws in your system:

1. Your scenario prevents anyone that is not in one of the top 3 parties from winning. And prevents those who want to vote for the minor party from doing so.

2. It also guarantees that the party currently ranked
3rd will not be able to win in the next election.

Answer 4

you should be residing at 10 downing street.

All looks a little complicated, but hey its a fab idea.

Answer 5

Ones as bad as the next. Theyre all lie-ing scum.