Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhy AOC should run for president in 2028www.salon.comexternal-linkmessage-square332linkfedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down141
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minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up81·1 month agoyou guys need ranked choice. I’d bet on most red voters not ranking multiple and just putting their evil fucker pick as #1. then you need more than one non evil candidate.
minus-squareVitoRobles@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 month agoWe tried. I watched rank choice requests fail time and time again, because people vote against it thanks to smear campaigns. My buddy is in a city with rank choice, and after the most recent election, there was a push to get rid of it again. You can tell by who.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up31·1 month agoyeah my bad you need guillotines first
minus-squarespacesatan@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoRanked choice only goes so far when the electorate is batshit insane and willfully ignorant.
you guys need ranked choice. I’d bet on most red voters not ranking multiple and just putting their evil fucker pick as #1. then you need more than one non evil candidate.
We tried. I watched rank choice requests fail time and time again, because people vote against it thanks to smear campaigns.
My buddy is in a city with rank choice, and after the most recent election, there was a push to get rid of it again. You can tell by who.
yeah my bad you need guillotines first
Ranked choice only goes so far when the electorate is batshit insane and willfully ignorant.