Tim Pierce: The lesson of the French elections really seems to be “only a united coalition can beat back the forces of tyranny” and not so much about whether leftism or centrism are inherently superior political philosophies.

In the UK, Labour's hard left turn helped cement a long run of tory government; only Starmer's forceful rejection of his party's far left flank brought Labour back. Maybe you're over-reading a single datapoint and neither France nor the UK are good proxies for "all political contexts everywhere"?

In France, the left coalition comes in first, Macron second, the far-right third. The best way to defeat fascism is not centrism, it’s a strong left.

The lesson of the French elections really seems to be “only a united coalition can beat back the forces of tyranny” and not so much about whether leftism or centrism are inherently superior political philosophies.

The real lesson of the Frech elections is that a half-assed form of ranked choice voting gives better results than first-past-the-post.

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New York City’s mayoral primary is over. The debate over ranked-choice voting is just beginning.www.vox.com The verdict so far is decidedly mixed.

Other countries have had a 100 years to get the bugs out of the system. www.aph.gov.au/About_Parlia...

Method of votingwww.aph.gov.au Method of voting

That’s half-assed?

In Australia we do our ranked choice voting in one Saturday rather than two Sundays. There's a full flow of preferences but that's not important right now.

Isnt the panic of a bankrupted center the reason the french fascists almost got the prime ministership in france?

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