Ranked-choice voting is an electoral system that allows people to vote for multiple candidates, in order of preference. Instead of just choosing who you want to win, you fill out the ballot saying who is your first choice, second choice, or third choice (or more as needed) for each position.
The candidate with the majority (more than 50%) of first-choice votes wins outright. If no candidate gets a majority of first-choice votes, then it triggers a new counting process. The candidate who did the worst is eliminated, and that candidate’s voters’ ballots are redistributed to their second-choice pick. In other words, if you ranked a losing candidate as your first choice, and the candidate is eliminated, then your vote still counts: it just moves to your second-choice candidate. That process continues until there is a candidate who has the majority of votes.
I've seen by many online that they prefer a ranked choice voting system, especially those like me that hates the two party system and voting third party will get you "throwing your vote away" comments. I'm not sure which side of the spectrum a ranked choice voting system favors but regardless what are your thoughts on it and would it be better or worse?
The candidate with the majority (more than 50%) of first-choice votes wins outright. If no candidate gets a majority of first-choice votes, then it triggers a new counting process. The candidate who did the worst is eliminated, and that candidate’s voters’ ballots are redistributed to their second-choice pick. In other words, if you ranked a losing candidate as your first choice, and the candidate is eliminated, then your vote still counts: it just moves to your second-choice candidate. That process continues until there is a candidate who has the majority of votes.
I've seen by many online that they prefer a ranked choice voting system, especially those like me that hates the two party system and voting third party will get you "throwing your vote away" comments. I'm not sure which side of the spectrum a ranked choice voting system favors but regardless what are your thoughts on it and would it be better or worse?