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Questions about who profited from Trump’s tariff flip-flop revived the push to ban members of Congress themselves from trading stocks. interc.pt/4jvsrlG

Another voting methods figure, this one on instant runoff voting/RCV

This figure on primary setups.

This figure on approval voting

Has been a while since I've tried to visualize the center squeeze effect.

Late night favorite betrayal diagram. A tricky concept to show visually.

Sadly, the ND state government has repealed the nation's first use of approval voting. Nearly all those who spoke in support were citizens. The vast majority of those who opposed were government officials who sought to benefit from the status quo. ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-20…

The chapters after multi-winner and proportional systems should be easier to write. This one has been a grind for sure. Here's the updated table of contents for how things are looking. aaronhamlin.com/books

A toddler beating Usain Bolt in a race. A kindergartener writing Shakespeare. A chess streamer rated 600 playing a majestic series of precise moves. It’s so absurd, it’s funny. If everyone cheated like this it would be super easy to catch. My latest: jennifershahade.com/stack/in-betwe…

This is a really nice differentiation between approval and IRV ballots. Ranking methods do not let you know the threshold for where you approve or disapprove candidates. Add the center-squeeze effect inherent to IRV and it only gets worse.

Learning to do a lot of grayscale figures

IRV/RCV critics sure do a shallow job, not just in their critiques but by often suggesting we should instead use plurality voting. We can critique IRV on the merits while still not replacing it with garbage. The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…