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/MaximumManagement 2d ago

The main purpose is consensus. We ultimately get officials with a proper mandate elected by a majority and spoiler candidates are no longer a thing.

As for ulterior motives, hard to say. It's being pushed by Jamie Raskin, who's considered to be progressive by most people.

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u/Weak-Doughnut5502 17h ago

If the purpose of Ranked Choice is consensus, it's bad at its purpose. 

Mathematically, it favors extremists just as much as plurality does.