Ranked Choice Voting
Ranked Choice Voting is designed to answer a simple question:
Not just who has the most votes, but who has the broadest support.
Progressives have been researching polls & opinions by valued political and other contributors to discern which candidate has the most support for the primary election on June 2. To support that research we offered an Unofficial Ranked Choice Ballot to assist in arriving at a majority winner—the one candidate with more than half of the popular support.
Our first Unofficial Ranged Choice Ballot posted on April 16 and closed on April 28, prior to the airing of the debate at Pomona College. Results are shown here. For many of the folks we’ve talked to, public opinion didn’t change much after that debate.
CNN hosted another debate on Tuesday, May 5 with Democrats Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Tom Steyer & Antonio Villaraigosa and the two GOP candidates.
Who’s favored now?
CAST YOUR VOTES HERE
““Ranked choice voting (RCV) is an election method in which voters rank candidates for an office in order of their preference (first choice, second choice, third choice, and so on). If a candidate receives more than half of the first-choice votes, that candidate wins, just like in any other election.
”However, if there is no majority winner after counting first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who ranked that candidate as their first choice will have their votes count toward their next choice. This process continues until a majority winner—a candidate with more than half of the vote—is determined.””