MamaBearForestWitch

MamaBearForestWitch t1_j4hnkz1 wrote

Ranked choice voting is the first step we have to take to get away from this two-party stranglehold on American politics.

People often have a hard time with change, but RCV isn't really hard to understand. In fact, we rank-choice things all the time: "I want ham, but if they don't have it, then turkey would be fine". "Chocolate is my first choice if they have it. If not, chocolate chip. I guess if they don't have either, I'll take vanilla"

It actually opens up our political choices, because you can vote for a third party candidate without feeling you've "wasted" your vote, or inadvertently helping a candidate you really oppose by siphoning a vote away from their opponent. I would love to see RCV everywhere.
(edited for typo)

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