Yes. I had some special insight into THAT travesty.
I was vacationing in Maine during that election cycle back in 2018, and was sitting in a bar watching a football game, and a commercial for Jared Golden came on.
Now, when you watch television in a bar, most of the time there is no sound, so I watched the video, and was curious.
He looked like someone I would vote for. A veteran, they showed lots of images of him in uniform, and showed him at a shooting range, so I thought “Ok. A 2nd Amendment guy...veteran...seems okay.”
The going thing nowadays is for candidates like him NOT to put their party affiliation ANYWHERE in the commercial, so I assumed he was a 2nd Amendment, veteran, Republican candidate. (knowing nothing about Maine politics)
When I was looking at election results on Election Day, I thought “Wow. That guy was a Democrat. But...he lost to the Republican candidate” or so I had thought as the results flowed in.
I was curious, and looked up Jared Golden, and saw that not only was a Democrat, he was classified by many as a ANTI-2nd Amendment person, and in some cases, as a “Gun Grabber”.
Then I saw that somehow, someway, he had defeated the Republican in the race. And I found out it was due to ranked voting. The first time that had happened.
From what I understand, even if the Republican comes in #1 in ranked voting, they add up all the others (2 through 5 or 6 or whatever) and conclude that a majority voted AGAINST the #1. And so they award it to #2.
Or something like that. I’m not exactly sure how it works exactly.