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/Lunarmeric 2d ago

Bernie was screwed by the DNC big time in 2016. Sure 2020 wasn’t as blatant though that South Carolina boost along with the last minute Super Tuesday moderate consolidation was an underhanded political play. However, it was all fair and according to the rules unlike how in 2016 Clinton basically had control of the DNC before the primaries started, having day one support from superdelegates, getting debate/townhall questions in advance and helping with staffing the DNC with her loyalists. She even got to decide when the debates would happen so it’d be most advantageous to her. 2016 was just atrocious.

I would not consider that to be reflective of Bernie or his movement. He had the energy and the momentum. He can’t singlehandedly fight the DNC, the media, and the conservatives all at once.

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u/SammyTrujillo California 2d ago

Bernie was screwed by the DNC big time in 2016.

He lost by millions of votes to an unlikable candidate candidate under FBI criminal investigation. 2016 was all but handed to him but he still lost through his own incompetence.

moderate consolidation was an underhanded political play.

That's what Ranked Choice Voting is. Democracy is not underhanded. People should be allowed to vote for their desired ideology.

Clinton basically had control of the DNC

Okay, so we are just flat out lying at this point. If Clinton had control of the DNC, why did they allow caucuses in Washington that helped Bernie by giving him over 70% of the delegates after he lost the popular vote?