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I watched it closely.
For ~a week, it RCV was down by 4K votes.
It was only in the last couple days that it started to pull ahead.
Final tally had it win by only 664 votes.
Why not simply ranked choice voting? why the open primary?
Partisan primaries tend to produce more extreme candidates. The hope is switching to a combined primary will result in moving candidates of more general appeal on to the general election.
Ranked choice voting was on the ballot here in Colorado this election cycle. It failed because both Republicans and Democrats opposed it. One of the most progressive people I know voted against it because her "progressive voting guide" from the Democratic Party said it was bad.
Weird how the two party system both don't want meaningful changes made.
Somehow it passed in Maine. Seems like a no brainer
Win big or lose big. Ultrapartisonship and division will continue as long as only two viable choices exist.
Guess who's getting disenfranchised?
In Alaska’s new system, all candidates regardless of party run in one primary that is open to all voters. Then, the top four candidates advance to the general election, at which stage voters can rank them. The state then tabulates the ballots and rankings until one winner emerges.
I like it. More please.
Better than "top two" primaries for sure. You do need choices in ranked choice but some ballots I've seen, almost a dozen candidates in a race, is a good way to encourage apathy or pretend it's a straight ticket vote.
I'm still not sure I can forgive Oregon voters for voting RCV down
Ooo, this was a close one, right? I seem to recall that it was looking like RCV was going away in AK.
664 votes.
For a good 1.5 weeks, it was lost. The last couple days it started to get saved. The day before they stopped counting votes, it was only ahead by 45 votes.
Yes. Came down to a few hundred votes