Ranked Choice Voting
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Just did it for the first time with the City of Portland candidates for mayor and the new expanded city council. Fun and easy.
Every voter gets a voter guide where the candidates get a section to promote themselves, list there endorsements, etc. You go through it pick out the ones you like and mark them down on your ballot in order of preference. You can pick or choose however many you like (up to six).
Dozens of candidates for each district and a cast of characters straight out of Portlandia.
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The main people against RCV
The main people against RCV are old angry white trump voters
and to a lesser degree mainstream centrist Dems
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>>>>>and to a lesser degree
>>>>>and to a lesser degree mainstream centrist Dems
Dunno why. RCV tends to favor centrist candidates.
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I think that is generally
I do think that is generally true surfdead
but plural choice is a still a hovering threat to the partisan duopoly
because it places emphasis on individual candidates rather than the current binary choice of red team blue team
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This and shorter election
This and shorter election campaigns , Ken.
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We voted on having ranked
We voted on having ranked choice voting in the State of Oregon. We'll find out Tuesday what the people want.
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I'm only down if the choices
I'm only down if the choices reflect the registered voter breakdowns.
More like proportional representation.
While you all are crying about two party system take look at Israel, they have 15 parties, no one ever gets a majority and that's why Netanyahu and his cult get control with 30% of the vote and coalition with parties farther to the right.
Careful what you wish for, etc.
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crying?
crying?
In the county I live in, Independents and unaffiliated voters actually outnumber Democrats AND Republicans
couple this with our state having closed primaries;
and the largest voter bloc (in number) has already, literally disenfranchised before the first vote is even cast
Now, imagine who the folks in this situation might be who are actually defending the two party status quo...
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And then of course there are
And then of course there are the fuddy duddys who insist it's "all just too confusing"
maybe somehow they're just not accustomed to prioritizing their choices in life?
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The nice thing about ranked
The nice thing about ranked choice, is that it ensures that nobody ever wins without getting a majority of the votes.
Maine voters adopted ranked choice a few years ago, after suffering through 2 terms of our worst Governor ever, LePage.
He won both times by throwing a 3rd party shill in the mix, to split the moderate vote & win with just the minority of super-right conservatives.
Ranked choice means none of that shit ever again.