Ranked Choice Voting

[iceheart08]

Party Primarys are broken. can we agree on that? are Jungle primaries then RCV general elections the solution (the alaska Model)?

 

[UrHuckleberry]

Party Primarys are broken. can we agree on that? are Jungle primaries then RCV general elections the solution (the alaska Model)?

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I honestly don't understand any objections to Ranked Choice voting.

I think our current primary voting favors the extremes on both sides.

For example with Bernie Sanders. If only 30% of Dem's agree with him (which means 15% of total voters), but the more moderate or centric dems are still in the primary, Bernie wins a lot of primary votes, despite being the last choice of the other 70% of Dems who were more even split amongst the various other more centric options. So Bernie is competitive despite the majority of Dems not agreeing with his policies, but the people that do ONLY vote for him. The 70% probably have lots of crossover policies and people just vote on who they like, agree with the most, have the best hair, etc.

 

[iceheart08]

I honestly don't understand any objections to Ranked Choice voting.

I think our current primary voting favors the extremes on both sides.

For example with Bernie Sanders. If only 30% of Dem's agree with him (which means 15% of total voters), but the more moderate or centric dems are still in the primary, Bernie wins a lot of primary votes, despite being the last choice of the other 70% of Dems who were more even split amongst the various other more centric options. So Bernie is competitive despite the majority of Dems not agreeing with his policies, but the people that do ONLY vote for him. The 70% probably have lots of crossover policies and people just vote on who they like, agree with the most, have the best hair, etc.

the opposition is from the parties and those benefiting from the status quo.

 

[UrHuckleberry]

the opposition is from the parties and those benefiting from the status quo.

Oh don't doubt that. I guess I meant from individuals.

 

[dbjork6317]

I honestly don't understand any objections to Ranked Choice voting.

I think our current primary voting favors the extremes on both sides.

For example with Bernie Sanders. If only 30% of Dem's agree with him (which means 15% of total voters), but the more moderate or centric dems are still in the primary, Bernie wins a lot of primary votes, despite being the last choice of the other 70% of Dems who were more even split amongst the various other more centric options. So Bernie is competitive despite the majority of Dems not agreeing with his policies, but the people that do ONLY vote for him. The 70% probably have lots of crossover policies and people just vote on who they like, agree with the most, have the best hair, etc.

Yeah ranked choice makes a lot of sense and would absolutely result in more moderate politicians holding office. It’s effectively a way for the US to create a 3rd party without actually creating a 3rd party.

 

[nytigerfan]

Party Primarys are broken. can we agree on that? are Jungle primaries then RCV general elections the solution (the alaska Model)?

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count me in

 

[TigerGrowls]

Party Primarys are broken. can we agree on that? are Jungle primaries then RCV general elections the solution (the alaska Model)?

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SCAM!! Alaska is getting ready to drop it last I saw.