I can see this working to a degree, but then again plurality-winner voting appeared to be working okay for a couple hundred years! The problem is essentially that the RCV elimination process is exploitable by the dominant parties in ways that STAR isn't.

Universal The Sun Never Sets On Me Optimism Bias for a nation that is at the precipice of experiencing a midnight eclipse

If you work a bar and a Yank turns up, you ask them how they voted as you hand them their pint.

If they say Trump, you spit in their drink.

Reagan. With assistance from Pat Buchanan.

To be fair, you're talking about the difference between focus-group-friendly, top-down pablum and chaotic, bottom-up enthusiasm. The former is rather lacking in any sort of authenticity.