Tinker ☀️Jun 25, 2025

A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork #NYC #NYCMayor #ZohranMamdani

Show threadcrispy branzino ☭ (sold out forever)
@tinker I suspect we won't. Institutional hard-liners in the Democratic party now see how easy it is to vote for a reformist or liberal candidate that can absolutely impact their income and they will band together to quietly eliminate rank choice.

Billionaires need you excited to vote in order to maintain the illusion of western democracy. They dont need you making changes to neofeudalism.
Jun 26, 2025 at 12:02amWeb
Show threadAdamJun 26, 2025

@Nimbius666 @tinker

I do think the idea of ranked choice voting actually terrifies corporate Dems and they're AIPAC friends. Being the Lesser of Two Evils is they're whole schtik. I mean they even spend millions amplifying extreme far right voices just so they appear Less Evil by comparison, imagine taking away FPTP

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/22/democratic-groups-panned-over-dangerous-midterm-ploy-boost-gop-extremists

Democratic Groups Panned Over 'Dangerous' Midterm Ploy to Boost GOP Extremists | Common Dreams

"It's untenable for Democrats to ally themselves with their own executioners."

Common Dreams
Show threadTinker ☀️Jun 26, 2025
@adamsaidsomething @Nimbius666 - Fully agree with you.