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 threadPixel OccultJun 25, 2025
@tinker I got to vote this way for the last Portland mayoral election and it was an entirely better system. I hope to see more of it elsewhere.
Show threadTofu (he/him)Jun 26, 2025
@PixelOccult @tinker You know it's good because established parties hate it
Show threaddragonfrogJun 26, 2025
@tofu @PixelOccult @tinker ...and also use it for their internal processes like primaries.
Show threadTofu (he/him)
@dragonfrog @PixelOccult @tinker NYC does, it was a voter approved initiative, not a strictly party decision. Since then many states have passed legislative bans, and in states where it was proposed as an initiative all have failed after millions were poured into defeating it. I understand the confusion, but there is obvious real fear by the established parties on both sides if you look into it. NYC was a bit ahead of the effort looking to kill it.
Jun 26, 2025 at 1:55pmWeb