Actually, I suspect it’s more about suppressing the vote of the “average” voter. I would guess that where it’s used, voter turnout declines significantly except of course for the diehard card carrying members of the Government Party (Democrat).
It probably is, when the person with the most votes doesn’t win then you know the process is rigged
Lisa Murkowski in Alaska came in 2nd in votes cast but when the ranked choice system was applied she won, which is wrong and destroys the faith of the voting process