PhilipTheBucket to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish • 26 days agoMamdani Holds Huge Lead in NYC Mayor's Race, But Top Democrats Still Won't Back Himwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down10
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minus-square@spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.orglinkfedilink6•26 days ago NYC Mayoral Race uses Ranked Choice Voting. ehhh…sort of. they use a half-assed version of it, in a way that’s very common for RCV implementations in the US. the Democratic primary used RCV to select the Democratic nominee. the Republicans didn’t bother with a primary and nominated Curtis Sliwa. the general election reverts back to first-past-the-post, with a Democrat, a Republican, and two independents (Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo).
minus-squarePhilipTheBucketOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•26 days agoAnd look, the Democratic primary produced an actual wildly popular candidate. Personally I think STAR is better than RCV, but I do think the correlation between RCV primary and great outcome is notable.
minus-squareFundMECFSlinkfedilinkEnglish1•25 days agoOh my yes score voting is probably my fav single seat method that remains fairly simple.
minus-squareFundMECFSlinkfedilinkEnglish3•25 days agoOh my bad. I was under the impression the GE used RCV as well.
ehhh…sort of. they use a half-assed version of it, in a way that’s very common for RCV implementations in the US.
the Democratic primary used RCV to select the Democratic nominee. the Republicans didn’t bother with a primary and nominated Curtis Sliwa.
the general election reverts back to first-past-the-post, with a Democrat, a Republican, and two independents (Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo).
And look, the Democratic primary produced an actual wildly popular candidate.
Personally I think STAR is better than RCV, but I do think the correlation between RCV primary and great outcome is notable.
Oh my yes score voting is probably my fav single seat method that remains fairly simple.
Oh my bad. I was under the impression the GE used RCV as well.