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I was shocked at how ranked choice balloting got it’s ass kicked in 2024:
Alaska: Voted to keep their ranked choice system by just 664 votes.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2024/11/20/alaska-chooses-to-keep-ranked-choice-voting-begich-defeats-peltola-unofficial-results-show/Colorado: No 55% to 45%
https://tsscolorado.com/colorado-voters-easily-reject-ranked-choice-voting/Idaho: No 70% to 30%
https://idahocapitalsun.com/2024/11/06/election-2024-idaho-proposition-1-ballot-initiative-trailing-in-early-unofficial-election-results/Nevada: No 52.96% to 47.04%
https://ballotpedia.org/Nevada_Question_3,Top-Five_Ranked-Choice_Voting_Initiative(2024)Oregon: No 57.7% to 42.3%
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/05/results-indicate-voters-opposing-measure-117-on-switch-to-ranked-choice-voting/Portland held a ranked choice election for Mayor and City Council and saw it depress voter turnout in those races by as much as 20% compared with non-ranked choice elections on the same ballot. People just skipped those lines instead of voting.
Washington D.C.: Yes 72.89% to 27.11%
https://ballotpedia.org/Washington,_D.C.,_Initiative_83,Ranked-Choice_Voting_Initiative(November_2024)“In 2024, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma enacted measures that banned the use of ranked choice voting” https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/11/14/ranked-choice-voting-faces-cloudy-future-after-election-setbacks/
I was shocked as well, I think part of it was the misinformation before the election. Another part was a lot of people just hearing about other voting systems for the first time. The common response by most people is to just vote to maintain the status quo unless they hear about something and think it can be a good thing.
Personally, I think with Ranked Robin, STAR, or Score voting on the ballot people may be more receptive to one of these alternatives. There is much less likelihood of anyone invalidating their ballots under one of these other systems.
It was also during a big election year that these votes happened on, if it was on a midterm I am curious if Alternative Voting would have struggled so much.
Aproval voting is the superior choice. Ranked choice sucks, and I don’t understand why people promote it.
If this can be done and in place by the time it matters, I’m ALL for it. But if it’s going to be a bunch of nothing happening until three months before it matters, it’ll be FPTP in 2028. And that is If there’s an election to be had in 2028.
If that is the case, I sincerely hope everyone is prepared to do what’s necessary even if it means a less than ideal candidate. Because if we happen to be lucky enough to even have a 2028, we can all agree there won’t be another chance after that.
All my homies hate using acronyms when you could just spell out what you’re talking about.
First Past the Post in this case, which is the predominant voting method in 48 of the 50 US states; I’m not the OP for this specific post though lol. I was going for short and sweet for the original title. I was mostly hoping that the Winner Takes All part would clarify what FPTP is referring to, in the links I shared it talked more about what FPTP is.
