Opinion of "first past the post"

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I support it. I think Farrage (who I like, keep in mind) needs to quit bitching and deal with the fact that he lost.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Not sure what "FF" and "HP" mean, so I didn't vote. ;-)

I'd like to know member's opinions of IRV. I know it has its flaws too, and that Burlington, VT dropped it after experimenting with it for a few years. But it would end the concept of a "wasted vote". I am convinced for instance that every state had IRV in 2000, Gore would have "officially" won FL (because he was the second choice of more Nader voters than Bush, and neither candidate was over 50%) and the election.

Is "winner take all" the best way to elect? Isn't that the same as "first past the post"? If not IRV then what other system? One that most responsible voters could understand, that is.

Is there an IRV thread already?

I'm not sure about Gore winning with IRV; Nader voters supported Nader because they didn't like Gore to begin with. Who is to say that they wouldn't vote for the Natural Law Party as their second choice instead?