[Buckeye McFrog]

So if your election looks like this:

Republican: 49%
Democrat: 46%
Green Party: 3%
Socialist Workers Party: 1%

In today’s paradigm the Republican would win.

In ranked choice the Green Party and SWP voters would have selected the Democrats as their second choice. Hence all of those votes would swing to the Dem, giving him the win.

THAT is why they freakin’ love this system.

[newzjunkey]

We have a winner!!

[rlmorel]

Even here on FR, there are a lot of people who don’t have a problem with this.

Without even knowing how it worked, I was against it because the Rats were for it.

Then, I was on vacation in Maine during election season, and I saw how this swung the election to a jackass rat.

Not only jackass rat, but one masquerading as a conservative in his commercials, touting his military service, showing hime shooting at a range, only to find out later he is a gun grabber.

No. This is another Leftist tool.

[Leaning Right]

Ranked-choice voting is a two-edged sword. In your example, the Democrat would win. But if it were in effect back in 1992, Bush 1 would have beaten Bill Clinton. And then whole Clinton family would have been soon forgotten.

I’m in favor of run-off elections for executive positions. This ranked-choice voting seems like the next best thing.

[FewsOrange]

So if your election looks like this:

Democrat: 49%
Republican: 46%
Conservative: 3%
Libertarian: 1%

In today’s paradigm the Democrat would win.

In ranked choice the Conservative and Libertarian voters would have selected the Republicans as their second choice. Hence all of those votes would swing to the Rep, giving him the win.

[Lockbox]

How about these choices:

Yes

Maybe

Hell NO!

[cuban leaf]

So if your election looks like this:

Republican: 49%
Democrat: 46%
Green Party: 3%
Socialist Workers Party: 1%

In today’s paradigm the Republican would win.

In ranked choice the Green Party and SWP voters would have selected the Democrats as their second choice. Hence all of those votes would swing to the Dem, giving him the win.

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Actually it could play into the R’s hands. If the guys that are on the left can vote for their nutcase party but pick the D as their second choice, they just might vote for their nutball party first. So you’d have something like this:

Republican: 49%
Democrat: 36%
Green Party: 8%
Socialist Workers Party: 6%

[FlipWilson]

Yay!!! One man two votes. Eff that damn Constitution!!

[dp0622]

But there’s almost NO Rs in NYC as it is.

I don’t see who it helps here.

[scrabblehack]

is the voter required to rank all choices?

[Sergio]

Great explanation of why this is a bad idea.