Ranked choice voting is an amazing electoral innovation that lets you mark one of the two major party candidates as your “first choice” instead of voting for them outright.
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I was a fan of ranked choice until I tried to explain to a skeptical voter why "some people get to vote multiple times while others just get one vote" and realized that ranked choice adds both cognitive complexity and ballot complexity to an already difficult process
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From ranked choice voting to end-to-end encryption and wood apples, I tend to like stuff a lot until I try it and realize it is way overhyped
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Nope, you're wrong. We have it, actually something more complex, here in Ireland (PR-STV). It's great, wouldn't have it any other way. It might promote centerism, but it avoids the false dichotomy that First-past-the-post creates
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You're conflating ranked choice voting with proportional representation, which is unrelated. You might as well throw in that you have better pubs
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How does one have proportional representation for an executive position?
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