Ranked Choice elections. For or against?

[multigraincracker]

Might take some of the nastiness out of elections. I don’t know if it would be better.

[eallen]

1. It eliminates spoilers

For!

[GPV]

8. Not entirely. I used have to gamble on voting green first

in the hopes of beating the republican in the first round, or my second round vote for the Democrat wouldn't count.

[biophile]

2. For, generally

Ranked choice allows third party voting with less disastrous outcomes. It might be good for primaries first where there are many choices. In some states it would help eliminate run-off elections which are costly.

[questionseverything]

3. For

It should help to end “spoilers”

[jimfields33]

4. Totally against. First place should win always.

[IbogaProject]

5. I'm neutral

Approval voting wher you check all you approve of sounds better to me for primaries. Winner is who gets the most votes. My concern with ranked choice is it gave us a formal GOP Cop as our mayor in NYC.

[dpibel]

6. How to say, "I don't understand how it works"

without saying "I don't understand how it works."

Good work!

[multigraincracker]

7. That's my problem too.

I understand that opponents are less likely to bad mouth each other. That part sounds good. I’m getting tired of the current tv adds.