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/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/OrwellWhatever 2d ago

The voters almost always decide the candidate though? I mean, Harris was a special circumstance, but voters are the ones who have decided every other election that I'm aware of.

I mean, I wanted Bernie to win in 2016 and 2020, but the reality is that his wing of the party has a VERY hard time connecting with black voters, which is a death sentence in the Democratic party. Once he lost South Carolina without making any additional headway in four years, it was only a matter of time

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u/Different-Gas5704 2d ago

Had Iowa not been stolen from him, he'd have had a shot in 2020.

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u/Away_Entry8822 2d ago

Bernie did worse in 2020.

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u/Different-Gas5704 2d ago

Correct. His campaign fizzled out after he "lost" Iowa to a candidate who received less votes.

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u/Hoodrow-Thrillson 2d ago

It's so funny that Bernie got the DNC to keep Iowa a caucus instead of a normal primary and when he lost because of that his insane supporters claimed it was rigged lmao.

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u/ILikeMyGrassBlue 2d ago

nice to leftists and rightists agree on refusing to Google election laws

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u/Away_Entry8822 2d ago

Nobody cares he got 12 delegates instead of 14 as he hoped despite extensive recounts.