Advocates say ranked choice voting could help take some of the toxicity out of American politics while giving voters access to a broader swath of ideas.
“A lot of voters are frustrated with the status quo in politics, and this method is not a huge change,” said Deb Otis, who oversees research and policy at FairVote.
“If a legitimate third-party challenge happens this year, all of the other voters in all the other states are going to have a really hard time with that, trying to navigate what to do, trying to play the strategist and figure out how to make our votes most impactful without harming our own side.”
But Jason Snead, of the Honest Elections Project, also told NPR that ranked choice makes voting more confusing, which isn’t what the U.S. needs at a time when many voters are already sitting out of the democratic process.
Jacobs, of the University of Minnesota, co-wrote a paper poking holes in a number of claims ranked choice advocates have made about the voting system.
She’s optimistic about the potential of ranked choice voting to improve representation in the U.S., but at the end of the day, any real transformative change to the political system will only come from higher voter turnout.
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Advocates say ranked choice voting could help take some of the toxicity out of American politics while giving voters access to a broader swath of ideas.
“A lot of voters are frustrated with the status quo in politics, and this method is not a huge change,” said Deb Otis, who oversees research and policy at FairVote.
“If a legitimate third-party challenge happens this year, all of the other voters in all the other states are going to have a really hard time with that, trying to navigate what to do, trying to play the strategist and figure out how to make our votes most impactful without harming our own side.”
But Jason Snead, of the Honest Elections Project, also told NPR that ranked choice makes voting more confusing, which isn’t what the U.S. needs at a time when many voters are already sitting out of the democratic process.
Jacobs, of the University of Minnesota, co-wrote a paper poking holes in a number of claims ranked choice advocates have made about the voting system.
She’s optimistic about the potential of ranked choice voting to improve representation in the U.S., but at the end of the day, any real transformative change to the political system will only come from higher voter turnout.
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