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8: Ranked Choice Voting Nutty In NYC

    • Politics

How can somebody with only 26% of the vote win an election?

That happened this week in the New York Democratic Primary for the 10th Congressional District.

Is that good for democracy? I don't think so and I think Ranked Choice Voting provides a better way to produce a result more closely aligned with the will of the people.

Ranked Choice Voting Links
How it works from BallotpediaWhere Ranked Choice Voting is used in the United States

How can somebody with only 26% of the vote win an election?

That happened this week in the New York Democratic Primary for the 10th Congressional District.

Is that good for democracy? I don't think so and I think Ranked Choice Voting provides a better way to produce a result more closely aligned with the will of the people.

Ranked Choice Voting Links
How it works from BallotpediaWhere Ranked Choice Voting is used in the United States

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