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That time our book club's 'democracy' vote completely backfired on us
We had this big debate last month about which book to pick for May. Instead of the usual leader choosing, someone suggested we all vote on a ranked ballot. Sounded fair, right? Well, the book that won got 4 out of 12 first-choice votes, but nobody else even had it as their second pick. So half the group hated it from page one. At the meeting, three people admitted they didn't even finish it. Has anyone else tried a voting system in their club that just fell apart like that?
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kai_west1d agoMost Upvoted
That's the real problem right there... just doing a blind vote without any kind of discussion first. We tried that in my D&D group once and it ended with half the table not showing up for three sessions.
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elizabetht561d ago
Did your group try talking through the ranked choices before the vote or just toss names in a hat?
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