Ranked Choice Voting is about democracy and would be helpful to Republicans who like Trump but worry that he and the ideological MAGA candidates he supports could be spoilers. They could vote their conscience in the first round of an election. If their number one choice doesn’t make it through, their votes wouldn’t be wasted. Many on the left are opposed to Ranked Choice Voting.
Vote by mail works well in Utah and several other states. Making it easier for rural voters who don’t live near polling places, is not a bad thing is it?
Disagree completely that it's about democracy - giving one class of voters more than one vote over others is hardly "democratic." But as I said, ranked choice voting has its place for party primaries if they choose, as Virginia did. It can certainly help parties nominate less extreme candidates. I don't see how it helps rural voters, having been one. That makes no sense to me.
I think that RCV helps all groups of voters feel that their votes actually count.
My comment with regard to rural voters was meant to reflect the need for easy access to voting, such as vote-by-mail, and extended hours for polling stations. There is no evidence that making it easier to vote would help Democrats more than Republicans. Reform would improve our trust and confidence in our great American republic and its democracy.
Ranked Choice Voting is about democracy and would be helpful to Republicans who like Trump but worry that he and the ideological MAGA candidates he supports could be spoilers. They could vote their conscience in the first round of an election. If their number one choice doesn’t make it through, their votes wouldn’t be wasted. Many on the left are opposed to Ranked Choice Voting.
Vote by mail works well in Utah and several other states. Making it easier for rural voters who don’t live near polling places, is not a bad thing is it?
Disagree completely that it's about democracy - giving one class of voters more than one vote over others is hardly "democratic." But as I said, ranked choice voting has its place for party primaries if they choose, as Virginia did. It can certainly help parties nominate less extreme candidates. I don't see how it helps rural voters, having been one. That makes no sense to me.
I think that RCV helps all groups of voters feel that their votes actually count.
My comment with regard to rural voters was meant to reflect the need for easy access to voting, such as vote-by-mail, and extended hours for polling stations. There is no evidence that making it easier to vote would help Democrats more than Republicans. Reform would improve our trust and confidence in our great American republic and its democracy.