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(11,781 posts)You don't wanna use the words corrupt establishment here!
Quixote1818
(28,903 posts)Glamrock
(11,781 posts)Quixote1818
(28,903 posts)Hillary voters would like it because it would have taken Jill Stein out of the picture and Sanders voters like it because it gives grassroots voters a bit more influence.
Glamrock
(11,781 posts)Probably 10 years ago on Thom Hartman (another set of words which shouldn't be uttered)
Quixote1818
(28,903 posts)I love Thom too!
Glamrock
(11,781 posts)Old Crow
(2,212 posts)... people's opinions on this, pro and con. On the face of it, it sounds great. I haven't heard of this proposal before this video, though, so I'm sure there's a lot I don't know about the subject.
Quixote1818
(28,903 posts)Quixote1818
(28,903 posts)Old Crow
(2,212 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)but at the same time if a third party already exists and is siphoning votes from one of the major parties it could be
in that party's interest to support ranked choice voting.
A recent article on the issue with emphasis on the situation in Maine:
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/04/08/how-ranked-choice-voting-effort-became-a-partisan-flash-point/
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Sounds good to me!