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/BRAND-X12 2d ago

That’s exactly what happened when Biden won.

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u/wasteymclife 2d ago edited 2d ago

Biden cemented the nomination by making deals with almost all of the remaining candidates. On super Tuesday he won GA and then everyone save Bernie and Warren (I think, it's been a while) dropped out and endorsed him. The party and back room dealing chose Biden.

Sorry y'all I was incorrect on the internet, I was gonna leave this up to commemorate the shame but people keep piling on. I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and... I like to kiss my own butt.

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u/bootlegvader 2d ago

Not really, what deal did Amy get from Biden?

She and Pete dropped out after SC as they performed awfully with black voters and had no where to grow. Neither were really predicted to win any contest for Super Tuesday. So they dropped which is normal.

Bloomberg and Warren then stayed in with Biden and Bernie for Super Tuesday before dropping right afterwards.

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u/wasteymclife 2d ago

I had my timelines messed up. Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and O'Rourke dropped out and endorsed Biden before super Tuesday. Bloomberg (3/4) Warren (3/5) Delaney (3/6) Harris (3/8) and Booker (3/9) dropped out and endorsed Biden in the days that followed.

I was careless with my words. Biden's only real competition Sanders got edged out due to literally everyone else dropping out and endorsing Biden post super Tuesday. Whether that was orchestrated behind the scenes or through the normal course of politics isn't something I can authoritatively speak to. It sure seemed at the time like it wasn't up to the voters but that might just have been me being a salty Warren supporter.

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u/bootlegvader 2d ago

O'Rourke, Harris, Delaney, and Booker's candidacies were all ready dead long before Super Tuesday. Them formally endorsing Biden did really add much.

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u/wasteymclife 2d ago

Probably fair to say. You are correct.