Dems eye ranked-choice voting for primaries

[RandySF]

Democratic politicians and activists are quietly lobbying to upend the way the party picks its presidential nominee by urging the use of ranked-choice voting.

It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.

Driving the news: Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin and other top party officials have met privately with advocates who are pushing for the voting method to be expanded for the 2028 presidential primaries, three sources tell Axios.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Joe Biden pollster Celinda Lake, the nonprofit FairVote Action and other Democrats pitched the idea at a late October meeting, the sources said.


https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/democrats-ranked-choice-voting-2028-primaries

[Groundhawg]

1. Not a fan of ranked choice voting.

[CentralMass]

3. Me either.

[stopdiggin]

2. I have questions too.

And have to wonder if a run off (between top two, if neither scores a majority) - doesn't actual provide a more equitable (and electable?) result?

Also a little hesitant about some attaining the nomination, on the basis of a greater number of 2nd or third place votes. Hmmm?

[SocialDemocrat61]

4. Ranked choice voting works for local primaries.

Not sure how it would work for presidential primaries where they are running for a share of a states delegates, unless every state was winner take all.