A Democrat managing to win a statewide election in Alaska is incredibly funny. Apparently it was ranked choice with 1 other Republican, and of the votes who went to the other guy that got eliminated in the first round, 50% went to Palin, 30% to Peltola, and 20% were too disgusted/didn't know how it worked/couldn't be bothered to rank someone 2nd.
lol that's beautiful. The best part of ranked choice voting in bourgeois electoralism is all the ridiculous outcomes that become possible
In theory ranked-choice voting should moderate positions; however, we all know the GOP will just keep nominating the most loathsome morons it can find and some will win somehow.
I look forward to the first Congress Critter who speaks solely in tongues and handles live snakes on the House floor.
Ranked choice voting has a "center squeeze" effect where centrists can more easily eat shit than in fptp. Not only is this favorable to lefties / underdogs, the mechanism by which is happens is hilarious
I am not aware of an argument against ranked choice voting that isn't also just an argument against democratic appointment
Ranked-choice voting presumes rational choices are being made by the majority of voters over time.
Lol...
it's Putin's fault, he kept staring over Palin's backyard hedges and it unnerved her
Palin? That's a name I haven't heard in a long time, surprise she still relevant.
Really isn't. Lots of people don't like her when she ditched the state to be McCain's running dog. Can't really inspire people to be loyal if you can't even meet the most basic level of loyalty to the people
