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Old 11-19-2020, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by mydavid View Post
This is reason enough not to have ranked voting.
ranked choice might have favored the GOP in 2020, but it would have favored the Dem in 2000 where Gore would have defeated Bush and possibly in 2016 where Hillary might have defeated Trump. As I have written before. RCV does not benefit either party, it benefits the will of the people to have a more supported candidate beat a less supported candidate.
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