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Unfortunately first-past-the-post was on the ballot in a lot of states this year, and absolutely crushed ranked-choice: https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_vo
by samsartor 2y ago
Unfortunately first-past-the-post was on the ballot in a lot of states this year, and absolutely crushed ranked-choice:
https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)#Ballot_measures https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)#Ballot_me...
I live in Colorado and couldn't be more pissed off. We had a shot at viable 3rd parties and blew it.
- culi 2y agoAlaska might even repeal it's RCV. Mostly due to voter confusion blaming it for the reason Dems had some minor successes after it was adopted
- a_victorp 2y agoI feel for you guys
- danielrhodes 2y agoSan Francisco uses RCV, and it’s not much better, maybe worse. Yes you get run off elections and more candidates. But now voters have to use strategy in how they vote and it’s complex to understand the implications. There’s a higher chance of winding up with unpopular candidates simply because nobody actually wanted their second or third choice candidates.