59. Why the US Has the Worst Voting System in the World | Aaron Hamlin of The Center for Election Science
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Aaron Hamlin (@aaronfhamlin) is the executive director of The Center for Election Science, a non-profit focused on advancing better voting methods so the people can more meaningfully impact and benefit...
show moreAaron's written articles for publications such as Deadspin, The Telegram, Democracy Chronicles, Independent Voter Network, Bust Magazine and been featured in Popular Mechanics, NPR, Inside Philanthropy, Reason, and MSNBC for his expertise on voting methods.
On contraceptive topics, Aaron's been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, MIT Technology Review, The New Statesman, Salon, Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, and dozens of others. You can also follow him on Medium where he writes about topics relating to voting, contraception, nonprofits, and philanthropy.
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In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:
* How US elections work and why the system is so bad
* Why approval voting is the best system possible, and science to back it up
* The reason today's voting system leads to worse candidates and worse outcomes
* What Trump did to influence the election and how it changes politics forever
* Why winner take all voting increases extremism and reduce voter turnout
* How other countries think about democracy and better ways to do it
* Would random elections lead to better outcomes
* Why politics get corrupted with corporate money
* What you can do to make your vote count
* The reason Aaron is excited about clean meat
* Why better voting really is the most important problem
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