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This is why instant runoffs would rock
I'd love to see us move to a system of instant runoffs, but I doubt it will happen. That would set the two-party system on its ass. Here's how it works:
Instead of selecting candidate A, B, or C for president, you rank them in order of preference. So, if you ranked them thusly:
C
A
B
Then C gets your first vote. All of the votes are counted, and if candidate C doesn't have enough votes to win he's tossed out and all of those votes swing to the second candidate on the ballot, in this case candidate A.
This way third party candidates could vote their conscience without worrying that they are putting their least favorite candidate in office.
I'd really like to see this happen.
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