by islander on November 4, 2024 6:06 am
I think among the things ranked choice voting will do, along with preventing a candidate whom the majority of the voters oppose from winning the election, is to help reduce the extreme partisanship that exists now since most of the voters would have the winner as one of their selections.
I think it’s a good thing to have more than just the two choices we have now since if you oppose both candidates, you are in reality forced to vote for someone you don’t want, so you have to choose the lesser of the two evils.
At first, I don’t know how much difference it will make in the outcome of an election even knowing that you can vote for someone other than the either candidate of two major parties and you won’t be throwing your vote away, but I think it will encourage independents and others to start participating with more confidence and voters will start to realize that they really do have more than two choices.
I also think the two parties will have to select candidates who have a broader appeal to the voters.
I still don't know why Republicans fear RCV but the do.
by HatetheSwamp on November 4, 2024 6:30 am
As Jesus said, and Sean Hannity says, "Let not your heart be troubled."
Eh?
by meagain on November 4, 2024 9:28 am
Conservatives everywhere are afraid of ranked balloting and it is quite understandable. Societies tend to be conservative in practice but people in general are more liberal: more progressive, by a substantial margin.
A case in point is here in Ontario. A couple of cities had introduced ranked ballots for their municipal elections. The Conservative government of the Province passed an Act banning them and making it impossible for anything other than FPTP.
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