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Maine to Use Ranked Choice Voting in June Gubernatorial Primary

• meri_dian 9y ago
  I really like this idea. I'm happy to hear about anything that has a chance at reducing political toxicity, but most ideas are simply ideas. This had already been implemented elsewhere in cities throughout the country as the article states and seems to have done momentum behind it.
• mc32 9y ago
  Whatever you do, Maine, do not do the "top two primary vote getters", regardless of party, win (here in CA that leave us with deciding between two underwhelming Dem choices rather than competition from at least two parties --in other places it might leave you with two underwhelming repubs) That said, we have that in SF and to me, it makes me diversify my vote, which in principle seems good, in practive, I "upvote" weak candidates too much.
• gmiller123456 9y ago
  It's a step in the right direction, but it's been tried in several places and hasn't really opened up the seats beyond the two party system. In order to really make a difference we need to switch to some form of Proportional Representation for the legislative branch. While the governors/presidents get a lot of press time, they don't really have a lot of power on their own.