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I'm not sure where you're getting your numbers, but...
I'm counting far less than 160.
Sure. But then IRV still gave us NYC Eric Adams as mayor of New York. There's more to democracy than the shape of your ballot.
Calling Japan a full democracy is a stretch. They've been ruled by one party for over half a century, and definitely not b/c they're good at their jobs.
Sorry I didn't make any claims as to what constitutes a "full" democracy, I was going with these guys who put it at about 167 "democracies".
IRV is just FPTP+. Like you say, it isn't an electoral system so much as a ballot system.
We studied it, in Canada, under the name "Alternative Vote". It was the only one we could find that was worse than FPTP:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/content/Committee/421/ERRE/Reports/RP8655791/errerp03/06-RPT-Chap4-e_files/image002.gif
There's a reason why politicians keep suggesting it, and it's not for our benefit.
I'd settle for what defines "democracy" at all. I've seen folks claim El Salvador is a democracy while Nicaragua isn't, entirely because the government of El Salvador is politically aligned with the US and the Nicaraguans are not.
I don't really care what flavor of election system you think is the right one. However you square it, you can have shit candidates win popular mandates. There is no system that'll keep people you don't like out of office, shy of a dictatorship that puts you in charge.
Suggesting it? Thirteen states have now banned ranked-choice voting as municipalities decide on whether to adopt it
I met an Aussie in Thailand who claimed that ranked ballot elections are undemocratic, that recent Australian protests were not racist, that immigration was a huge problem in Australia, that Australians are not actually racist at all, and that recent Australian protests were about protesting Palestine, and not racist at all.
You're against logic and reason?
I'm not interested in a system that will keep people I don't like out of office. I'm interested in a system that represents the will of the people, rather than the will of a select rich and powerful few.
If you're willing to care, you might find one.
I don't see the problem here, like I said, it's worse than FPTP.