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 threadThadJun 26, 2025
@tinker I'm a big supporter of RCV but I'm not sure it was outcome determinative in this case. Mamdani had a plurality on the first ballot, with a substantial lead; I think he'd have probably won under FPTP too.
Show threadjaxter184
@Thad @tinker thats what i was initially thinking as well, but upon seeing retrospective analyses, I think the bigger contributor in this case was that Mamdani and Lander didnt see each other as competitors, and were basically able to co-campaign against Cuomo, which is something that almost certainly wouldnt have happened if the primary was FPTP.
Jun 26, 2025 at 12:45amWeb
Show threadThadJun 26, 2025
@jaxter184 Could be. It's an interesting thought, thanks for the explanation. @tinker