Indeed, it is very exciting to see so much interest in running for office with record numbers of people filing in South Carolina - across ALL political parties!
However, there is a downside to this: With these record number of candidates, this also means a large number of races with multiple members of the same party competing. Which means many primary races as well.

A primary has low turnout to begin with (usually half or less that of the general election).

And then in many cases, where there are more than two candidates running for the same party nomination, there will need to be a runoff which has an even lower turnout.

So again we're back to a very small minority of voters selecting the candidates to run in the general election. Not to mention the amount of money required to spin back up all those election precincts, all those poll workers, all those machines. We are so far past time for ranked choice voting (at least in primaries) it's not even funny.

#SouthCarolina #SCPol #RankedChoiceVoting

https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting/

Ranked Choice Voting

I believe this feature will improve western democracy, but we need to go much further:

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=33&id=393

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#rankedchoicevoting

It is absurd that in California, the most solidly Democratic state in the union, the "jungle primary" might literally exclude all the Democratic candidates from the general election.

Every state should have closed primaries and ranked choice voting, so all the parties---including minor parties---have a fair chance to nominate the candidate that represents them.

#RankedChoiceVoting

https://youtube.com/shorts/ErlSs21Rg8M?feature=share

RCV? We've got a plan.

Join our statewide meeting on 4/12 from 1-2pm on Zoom for the grand unveiling of our new STRATEGIC PLAN to bring ranked choice voting to Illinois.

#RankedChoiceVoting #Illinois #IllinoisPolitics #Primaries #MIDTERMS2026

Having only two candidates make it to the general election is the problem. Make it five and then use #RankedChoiceVoting to decide among them.

#California

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/crowded-democratic-race-california-governor-could-open-door-republicans-2026-03-24/

"Dems rage over Fetterman's DHS vote"

our #duopoly is so dumb. there's a good chance that lots of seats wouldn't be Dem or GOP if not for the candidate with views outside the party norm that could win there. but maybe that's bullshit. we know these complaints will never end and neither will the dumb political media conversation until "weird" candidates are no longer forced to choose a side (with all the baggage that entails) to have a chance to represent their constituents.

#RankedChoiceVoting

https://youtube.com/shorts/wAm96gdjLow

These primaries needed ranked choice voting. Let's actually make it happen.

Start here: https://www.FairVoteIllinois.org/ways_to_help (or click the 🔗 in bio!)

#RankedChoiceVoting #Midterms2026 #Midterms #Primaries2026 #IllinoisPrimaries