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| − | '''Ranked-choice voting''', also known as '''instant-runoff voting''', is a [[liberal]]-favored, undemocratic voting system that allows for voters to rank their preferences of candidates on ballots rather than require they choose only one. As with such, the top picks on ballots will be counted for respective candidates initially; if no one gets a majority of the votes cast, the top two proceed, while the votes for the rest of the candidates are one-by-one defaulted to whichever one of the top two that was marked at a higher preference, if signified. | + | '''Ranked-choice voting''', also known as '''instant-runoff voting''', is a [[liberal]]-favored,<ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/67741 LD 1083 - Increases the Use of Ranked Choice Voting - Voting Record]</ref> undemocratic voting system that allows for voters to rank their preferences of candidates on ballots rather than require they choose only one. As with such, the top picks on ballots will be counted for respective candidates initially; if no one gets a majority of the votes cast, the top two proceed, while the votes for the rest of the candidates are one-by-one defaulted to whichever one of the top two that was marked at a higher preference, if signified. |
The major issue with ranked-choice voting deals with unfair bias against third-party candidates, which indirectly ensures a [[two-party system]]; since voters are given the option to rank their candidates in order of preference, those who rank a third-party candidate as their top choice and either the [[Democrat]] or [[Republican]] nominee as their second pick, it becomes nearly guaranteed that their vote will go to the latter if no candidate initially garners a majority. | The major issue with ranked-choice voting deals with unfair bias against third-party candidates, which indirectly ensures a [[two-party system]]; since voters are given the option to rank their candidates in order of preference, those who rank a third-party candidate as their top choice and either the [[Democrat]] or [[Republican]] nominee as their second pick, it becomes nearly guaranteed that their vote will go to the latter if no candidate initially garners a majority. | ||
Revision as of 04:29, September 18, 2020
Ranked-choice voting, also known as instant-runoff voting, is a liberal-favored,[1] undemocratic voting system that allows for voters to rank their preferences of candidates on ballots rather than require they choose only one. As with such, the top picks on ballots will be counted for respective candidates initially; if no one gets a majority of the votes cast, the top two proceed, while the votes for the rest of the candidates are one-by-one defaulted to whichever one of the top two that was marked at a higher preference, if signified.
The major issue with ranked-choice voting deals with unfair bias against third-party candidates, which indirectly ensures a two-party system; since voters are given the option to rank their candidates in order of preference, those who rank a third-party candidate as their top choice and either the Democrat or Republican nominee as their second pick, it becomes nearly guaranteed that their vote will go to the latter if no candidate initially garners a majority.
Maine has implemented RCV following the inability of several Democrat candidates to win elections in the state; rather than recruiting stronger candidates to gain certain voters who prefer left-leaning independent/third party candidates, the Democratic Party there instead chose to install a potentially unconstitutional[2] voting system.
See also
- Bruce Poliquin, Republican representative from Maine who lost re-election in the 2018 Midterms due to RCV