I still cannot believe....

[cawacko]

I'm not comfortable about directly awarding office to candidates that most of the electorate voted against.
Even if the runoff is between two candidates that didn't get a large percentage of the vote,
at least a decision is made as to the lesser of two evils. I often have to do that,
vote for a Democrat I don't particularly like to stop the Republican,
although I actually liked Harris.

In an election where, say, four or six people will be seated,
there's nothing wrong with voting a bullet for the one you want most.

I agree. I’ve seen it a few times locally where the person with the most first place votes doesn’t win because of RCV. I’d rather have a regular runoff too.

 

[Diogenes]

There is no logical argument for rank choice voting.

I wasn't making one.

 

[Lionfish]

I wasn't making one.

I was making a statement, not a challenge.

 

[tigerred59]

lol the old white homo lawyer doesn't know what the OP is talking about.

This ballot measure you spoke of, have no clue of what it is or how it works? Dumb, I suppose....carry on.

 

[domer76]

I agree. I’ve seen it a few times locally where the person with the most first place votes doesn’t win because of RCV. I’d rather have a regular runoff too.

In Utah, a very popular candidate got primaried out by a very vocal and organized minority in the party. Philip Lyman. He had to run as a write in and still got 200,000+ votes, despite the party tossing in another guy named Lyman to confuse voters.

Too many states where a vocal minority runs the show.

 

[Jarod]

Not "eliminated"..

Your number 2 choice sucks. If you do not give them a vote it hurts them, your number 1 is still there getting whomever selected them for number 2. You have helped your candidate by not voting on 2 through 4. Do not "hold your nose" and select number 2. It will not help the guy you want to win. The only way to help your guy after round 1 is to not select 2 through 4 at all.

As I said in my "ad" example above. Only count to one...

Smart option if you only like #1, but if you like #’s 1 and 3, but hate 2, you have a better chance of getting one you like.

Strategic voting, and it’s not all or nothing.

The result is not everything is a binary decision, don’t like every position tge Republican takes, but hate every decision the Democrat takes, you might prefer the “independent”.