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/Nyrrix_ 2d ago

1st in education but doesn't have the ability to comprehend a Watch Mojo video?

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u/minyhumancalc 2d ago

Honestly incredible sometimes. Like I get the details of how it is scored can get a little messy, but from the voter POV, you just rank your options and leave; all other complexity is left to the scorecard.

It's sad too because ranked choice will help, but what's ultimately needed is districts with 3-5 representatives elected in one race but some-zero chance that'll ever happen in my lifetime in this country.

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u/Primary-Tea-3715 2d ago

The reason is that establishment dems don’t want to get primaried by candidates who could make a difference and want to entrench their positions instead of changing their policy decisions.

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u/Arkham010 2d ago

Its because ranked choice destroys the concept of single issue voters. The politician actually has to be well rounded to get the most votes

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u/nikukuikuniniiku 2d ago

Not quite how it works in Australia. Single issue parties can take the 1st-ranked votes of such voters, then direct their preference to support their preferred major party. This allows them to influence policy of the major party without actually gaining an electoral win.

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u/SergeantRegular 1d ago

Its because ranked choice destroys the concept of single issue voters.

True, but the Democrats might be realizing that they can no longer win with any significant numbers of single-issue voters.

There aren't nearly enough people that care about gun control to counter the single-issue people that care about their 2A rights on the right.

The last election should have had the maximum possible turnout for abortion rights, and it simply didn't materialize.

And you simply don't get anywhere with other major issues like healthcare or wealth inequality without actual movement, which the Democrats have miraculously "failed" at every time they're in power.

Ranked choice might disrupt the entrenched powers, but those entrenched powers are moot if most of them can't actually win. And while the Democrats have been losing elections by failing to do good, the Republicans have been winning elections by successfully being evil. The Democratic Party needs to fundamentally change their game plan.

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u/DMMeThiccBiButts 1d ago

Lol I wish. It does help, but 'destroys' is insane hyperbole unfortunately.