Re:Maine Becomes First State to Use Ranked-Choice Voting in ...
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:23PM
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In the console video game world, there was a period of time when you either had an Xbox or a PlayStation, but everyone also had a Nintendo Wii as their second system. Some very casual gamers only had a Wii.
It's not hard to imagine a local election where both the DNC and the GOP put forth lackluster, hyper-polarizing candidates, and a reasonable third party candidate who's everyone's #2 pick wins.
It's not so much that these other systems would enable third party candidates to win, it's that they would reward less polarizing candidates with more broad appeal.
It's not hard to imagine a local election where both the DNC and the GOP put forth lackluster, hyper-polarizing candidates, and a reasonable third party candidate who's everyone's #2 pick wins.
It's not so much that these other systems would enable third party candidates to win, it's that they would reward less polarizing candidates with more broad appeal.