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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by thaumasiotes on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @10:04PM (#27599940)
> Anyone voting for another candidate is simply saying that's who they /REALLY/ wish would win, but most people aren't willing to throw their vote in the garbage to virtue signal.

Interesting to apply the term "signaling" to a behavior which other people cannot observe.

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Re:What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? by hollowcelery on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @06:22AM (#27602827)
It is observable in the aggregate statistics. x% of people voted for so-and-so candidate.
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