While solutions like STV instead of FPTP make perfect sense, I fear you’re underestimating the stupidity with which people forced to vote would cast their votes (eg crossing the first name they see or whatever).
In the context of the beacon of democracy, the US of A, the easiest way to sharply increase turnout would be to make the Election Day free for more people (for example by holding them during weekends), but I am afraid the current system is deliberately designed to disenfranchise those who can’t afford to take time off work
Increasing voter turnout is important but people have to do it for the right reasons. Otherwise, it’s going to be the same popularity contest as currently, just with a different flavor
Not necessarily, but searching a data set that’s not ordered relies on an assumption that there’s a single thing you’re looking for.
If there are 10 ingredients, you get sick and you only take half next time, you need to be able to assume that there’s one set of 5 that doesn’t get you sick and one that does, and so on until you get down to the last ingredient.
It’s a good way to e.g. quickly find the right breaker in the box, because for each device/ socket there’s just one breaker that’s responsible, so flipping half of them gives you an actionable result