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I’ll be curious to see just how this strategy turns out: “Under New York’s system of ranked-choice (instant runoff) voting, a voter ranks candidates in order of preference. As the bottom choices are dropped, votes get reallocated. Mamdani and Lander urged voters to rank one of them first and the other second, depending on whom they preferred, to maximize progressive voting power and defeat Cuomo.”

#Politics #USPolitics #ProgressivePolitics #NewYork #RankedChoiceVoting

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The American Prospect · Progressive Unity in New YorkToday on TAP: Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander cross-endorse for the June 24 Democratic primary.
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@SeanCasten

they don't do anything because they won't be reelected if they do, because of our primary system and gerrymandering. we need FFV #RankedChoiceVoting everywhere to end the power of political parties, which the founders didn't want to be part of our system anyway. we now treat them like subcultures/teams and it's tearing our culture apart. they have also prevented a compromise on immigration.

Here's a guide on ranked-choice voting for New Yorkers in advance of the upcoming primary: gothamist.com/news/what-to-kno

Major takeaway for those who are strongly against some candidate (like say, #NeverCuomo): Don't rank him at all, and be sure to rank all 5 slots. So put someone you like (I recommend #ZohranMamdani) as #1, and other acceptable options in 2/3/4/5. This pushes your disliked candidate down further than just voting for #1.

A woman casts her ballot at her poll site.
Gothamist · What to know about ranked-choice voting in NYC's primary election this monthHere's a rundown of what and what not to do when filling out your ranked-choice ballot.

We don't need an #AmericaParty, Elon.

Political parties in the #uspol are how the will of the people gets captured. With fewer voters in a primary, big money & special interests & cult figures can dominate and win. Then in the general, the public is forced to choose who they hate the least, recognizing that the better candidate probably won't do what they promise anyway, but it can always get worse. Third parties can't survive the obvious logic of FPTP game theory.

FFV #RankedChoiceVoting.

An insightful, and kind of sobering, walk-through from Fairvote's Steven Hill of the possibilities and pitfalls for advancing #RankedChoiceVoting and #ProportionalRepresentation Electoral reform is hard. But worth it if we're going to preserve and build a better #democracy

(Not crazy about the AI art though. What the hell is even going on with those raccoons and bears and... lemur?)

democracysos.substack.com/p/th

DemocracySOS · The reform pathway for Pro Rep and Ranked Choice VotingBy Steven Hill