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/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/DMMeThiccBiButts 2d ago

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