> 85% found it simple. 73% ranked multiple candidates. But what's conspicuously absent from these statistics is how happy the voters are with the outcome (comp

> 85% found it simple. 73% ranked multiple candidates. But what's conspicuously absent from these statistics is how happy the voters are with the outcome (compared to a counterfactual world where the election had been carried out under FPTP and a potentially different candidate won). Sadly it was an outcome which allowed Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) to make the argument[0] that: > 60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’ This is exactly the sort of well-poisoning that supporters of other voting reforms are afraid of. [0] https://www.independentsentinel.com/60-of-voters-cast-ballots-for-republicans-a-democrat-won-in-alaska/ https://www.independentsentinel.com/60-of-voters-cast-ballot...