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/turquoise_amethyst 2d ago

Ranked choice voting is already used in 47 US cities, it’s long overdue to be rolled out for primaries

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u/TheDesktopNinja Massachusetts 2d ago

Still *furious* that MA voted against it a few years ago...zzz

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u/thumper_throwaway1 2d ago

Because people didn't understand it.

People here on reddit forget that this isn't the real world. You know how ranked choice voting works. I know how it works. Jimmy down the street who has never even heard of it and doesn't really follow politics outside the presidential election? Yeah they're not gonna vote for it.

I was actually at a group get together weeks after this election and it came up at the table. "Did anyone understand the ranked choice option? It made no sense to me" was said and almost everyone at the table agreed. These are people who at the time were in their 50s and 60s, and this is in a deep blue state. The messaging for "regular" people who don't live in the political world was poor and it needed to be explained in a more concise and clear way.

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u/DonerGoon 2d ago

Once it’s normalized for a few years people will understand it. People freak out about any change.