All this and more can be possible with a switch from the First Past the Post voting system many states use. No spoiler effect, no hands tied, just a arena of policies and ideas.
Some states have already made the switch, why not yours yet?
All this and more can be possible with a switch from the First Past the Post voting system many states use. No spoiler effect, no hands tied, just a arena of policies and ideas.
Some states have already made the switch, why not yours yet?
… all two of them that actually have it? Which one is switching back?
A lot of states have local and municipal elections that use RCV, and it occasionally works out that the process allows a spoiler or tactical voting scenario which is giving credence to the people who oppose any change because they benefit from the status quo.
Oakland and San Francisco in California have had issues. Burlington, Vermont had that one disaster of a mayoral race in 2009 that caused a repeal, but now they are back to it.
North Carolina and Florida are both fighting any election reform efforts, but we know why that is.
There are a lot of states besides Maine, though. Alaska, Maryland, Colorado, Arizona, they all have some form of RCV to varying degrees of success.
And there isn’t anybody having a problem with it anywhere that couldn’t be improved by switching to STAR voting. It’s just better in every single way.