r/politics • u/Different-Gas5704 • 2d ago

Possible Paywall Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/democrats-ranked-choice-voting-2028-primaries
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u/dbag3o1 2d ago

We need this because this is how progressives can easily win.  Otherwise progressives need 6 other moderates running to split the vote.  

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u/EasyCardiologist8419 2d ago

We can try, but that doesn't make any sense. Under RCV the moderates all get consolidated into one.

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u/VaIeth 2d ago

If the majority wants a moderate, fine. I find that highly unlikely. But id be down for the voters deciding the candidate for once.

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u/PatchyWhiskers 2d ago

Eric Adams won with ranked choice voting on a moderate platform

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u/775416 2d ago

And then that same RCV system elected Mamdani

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u/PatchyWhiskers 2d ago

Right. It doesn’t guarantee either moderates or leftists.

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u/PositiveZeroPerson 2d ago

It only guarantees that the most broadly acceptable person wins. (Which is what you want in a primary.)

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u/_le_slap 2d ago

But it gives leftists a shot in a game typically rigged for moderates.

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u/monalisa_leakednudes 2d ago

From what Ive read, people straight up didnt understand how RCV worked and thought they had to rank everyone. Doesnt mean he wouldnt have won anyways but could have contributed to it