PhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social ) to PoliticsEnglish · 1 year agoMamdani Holds Huge Lead in NYC Mayor's Race, But Top Democrats Still Won't Back Himwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up183
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minus-squareFundMECFS ( FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoNYC Mayoral Race uses Ranked Choice Voting.
minus-squarespit_evil_olive_tips ( spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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-squarePhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-squareFundMECFS ( FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOh my yes score voting is probably my fav single seat method that remains fairly simple.
minus-squareFundMECFS ( FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoOh my bad. I was under the impression the GE used RCV as well.
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).
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.