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+1000. Let this become a worldwide trend!

Any system which takes more than 1 bit of input (I'm thinking of the top-two runoff system we have in Brazil, but hopefully the analogy is understandable) will generate a result with much higher fidelity. And, who knows, once we get there, we can try progressively shifting the focus of the election from candidates to their policies, which would help remove the most perverse incentives in the system.



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