Liberal dark money pushes ranked-choice voting as campaign gains momentum across U.S.

Just The News ^ | April 3, 2024 11:00pm | Natalia Mittelstadt

[GOPJ]

Years ago when I was a democrat the rank voting scam was explained to me. Wish I had paid attention. We need someone who can do the math - this works well under some circumstances for democrats. And not so well under other circumstances. Any mathematicians out there?

[HandBasketHell]

Ranked Choice Voting is another tool for Democrats and RINOs to prevent MAGA from winning. Just look at Alaska. RCV was the only way the Hag Murkowski could win. She would have been defeated in a traditional Republican primary. And if she had tried to run as an Independent as she did successfully in the 90's, I still believe she would have lost in 2022 under the old system. And RCV also delivered a Democrat victory to the House seat Sara Palin was running for. It worked perfectly for Democrats and RINOs.

No wonder the Dems in AZ are pushing for it. Thank God AZ has a (paper thin) Republican majority in the Legislature and rejected it. There is no way Kari Lake could get elected as a Senator if they bring in RCV.

If Democrats could make RCV the law in every state, they would no longer have to resort to cheat-by-mail-in ballots.

[JoJo354]

If rank-choice were ever implemented in Florida, I would not vote or only vote for one person, period. This method seems unconstitutional all around. One man - one vote. In rank-choice, you vote several times for several people and the person you voted for probably would never win. This is made up for Democrats. They can’t win without cheating in some form.

[Psalm 73]

I just assumed it was one man, one vote. On one day

Silly me.

[Red Badger]

It’s basically like a Poker Hand. Poker is a ‘Ranked Choice’ game........................

[Red Badger]

If Republicans vote for only ONE candidate on a Ranked Choice Ballot, their candidate automatically loses to the multiple choice candidate that gets the most votes. That’s why Democrats like this system.............

[JSM_Liberty]

“We need someone who can do the math”

There is no need to do any complicated math.

If no one wins a majority on the first ballot then the candidate with the lowest number of votes is eliminated and those votes are allocated to the candidate(s) who were ranked second on those ballots.

eg

An election with 3 candidates
Dem
Rino
MAGA

You vote
Dem 3
Rino 2
MAGA 1

Results
Dem 45%
Rino 30%
MAGA 25%

In first past the post the Dem wins, in ranked choice voting MAGA is eliminated and the MAGA Votes are transferred to the second choice.

If every MAGA voter puts the Rino 2nd final result is Dem 45% Rino 55%

You might not have wanted the Rino to win but would you have preferred the Dem to win because the right wing vote was split between Rino and MAGA

[HandBasketHell]

Years ago when I was a democrat the rank voting scam was explained to me. Wish I had paid attention. We need someone who can do the math - this works well under some circumstances for democrats. And not so well under other circumstances. Any mathematicians out there?

Suppose you have the following results in an election:

Smith 40%

Jones 35%

Johnson 25%

Since nobody got over the threshold of 50%, then they look at the ballots of everyone who voted for Johnson, and whoever they marked as their second choice gets those votes transferred to that candidate. So if 2/3 of Johnson voters listed Jones as their second choice and 1/3 of Johnson voters listed Smith as their first choice, then you would have (rounding)

Smith 48%

Jones 52%

And Jones would be the winner.

This is how Democrats and RINOs could band together to defeat MAGA candidates. Imagine this scenario where Smith is MAGA, Jones is a Democrat, and Johnson is a RINO.

[HandBasketHell]

Correction: 1/3 of Johnson voters listed Smith as their SECOND choice

[subterfuge]

RCV is coming in those states where it’s on the ballot. That’s a part of the coming cheat in November. No one will stop the cheat. Prove me wrong.

[Ge0ffrey]

How is this Constitutional? One man one vote. Right?

[Red Badger]

RCV essentially gives the Democrats a multiplicity of votes.

If Republicans vote for only one of the candidates, which the Dems expect and count on, they automatically lose.

That’s why they love this system. Gotta ‘SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY’!..........

[PubliusMM]

RCV is ever bit as ANTI American as that nasty-a$$ National Popular Vote nonsense.

Better that we focus on fair and proper election processes, from voter registration through ballot counting, than put stock into this type of silliness.

[butlerweave]

Just another Scam

[Fireone]

This needs to be shut down. It’s called “ranked choice cheating” everywhere it’s been implemented.
A different twist on the democrat’s “count til we win” concept.
Bad news.

[VTenigma]

We’re not voting our way out of this.

[Chode]

it violates one man one vote...

[mewzilla]

Alaska, Maine, NYC have RCV for a reason...

[Pajamajan]

RCV is elite-choice voting,” adding that the “same cohorts of big money donors on the left are pushing this, weakening the party apparatus,” so that they will be “in position to step in and fill the gap.” He believes that “liberal mega-donors are buying a new election system” that will “cater to their interests” and help push politics further left.

And Republicans say nothing about this. SMH.