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Ranked-choice vote to decide crowded Minneapolis mayoral election
Yahoo ^ | 11/3/25 | Elyse S. Apel

Posted on 11/03/2025 10:02:33 AM PST by DallasBiff

(The Center Square) – On Election Day, 15 different candidates will be vying to become the next mayor of Minneapolis.

Incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey hopes to win the seat for a third time, though three other candidates have also broken through as frontrunners. Those include minister DeWayne Davis, State Sen. Omar Fateh and businessman Jazz Hampton

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TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: minnesota
Well back in college, some 40 years, got to see the Minneapolis area, stayed in a suburb, called Minnetonka.

Minneapolis was nice back then, Minneapolis today, is not Mary Richards home anymore.

1 posted on 11/03/2025 10:02:33 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Ranked-choice voting is a sham, and should be outlawed.


2 posted on 11/03/2025 10:05:12 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Sicon

If it helped conservative candidates it would be.


3 posted on 11/03/2025 10:06:37 AM PST by xp38
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To: DallasBiff

I think it’s state law that they have to let the Muslim win.


4 posted on 11/03/2025 10:07:01 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: DallasBiff

Minnieappleless. Sammie Camel jockeys sure beat the heck out of those boring American politicians, right Ollie? Right Olga?


5 posted on 11/03/2025 10:08:00 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Another day of DemonRAT shutdown another great day for Chunky "Raw Cheeseburger" Schumer.)
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To: DallasBiff

Ranked choice approach is not “democratic”. It favors the few who are motivated by employment and favors to game the system.

It does not favor the masses who work real jobs and have only casual awareness of politics.


6 posted on 11/03/2025 10:10:47 AM PST by spintreebob
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To: DallasBiff

Ranked choice approach is not “democratic”. It favors the few who are motivated by employment and favors to game the system.

It does not favor the masses who work real jobs and have only casual awareness of politics.


7 posted on 11/03/2025 10:10:47 AM PST by spintreebob
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To: DallasBiff

RCV only gives the loser a second chance.


8 posted on 11/03/2025 10:18:28 AM PST by G Larry (Its RACIST to impose slave wages on LEGAL immigrants and minorities by importing cheap ILLEGAL labor)
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To: Sicon

The first time a Republican slips in because of ranked voting they will end it and not before.


9 posted on 11/03/2025 10:18:39 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: DallasBiff

Ranked cheating.


10 posted on 11/03/2025 11:05:48 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (I have no answers. Only questions.)
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To: DallasBiff
Rank Choice voting is how we are stuck with Lisa Murkoski and Susan Collins.
11 posted on 11/03/2025 11:06:05 AM PST by moreisee
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To: DallasBiff

Ranked choice voting enables you to express your true first preference followed by the hold your nose choices among those other candidates you would prefer over the truly appalling.

NYC does not have it for the mayoral election which means that any Sliwa vote is wasted. With RCV a vote could vote

Sliwa 1
Cuomo 2

with a least a chance of stopping Mamdani

RCV is just like having a run-off election except on a single day. I have never heard any claim that run-off elections are undemocratic.

It is very easy to win an RCV election, simply have more voters prefer you over the other candidates.


12 posted on 11/03/2025 11:06:56 AM PST by JSM_Liberty
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To: DallasBiff

Emaciated Chris Rock will win.


13 posted on 11/03/2025 11:19:19 AM PST by JZelle
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To: moreisee

And RCV-enabled electronic voting machines.

Someone needs to explain why even states without RCV use RCV-enabled voting machines.


14 posted on 11/03/2025 11:21:33 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: JSM_Liberty

It encourages little sham parties and little political games.

We have enough trouble getting people to know who’s running and to go the the polls to vote for the candidate they want or against the candidate they don’t want. Adding more layers of complexity is confusing and disadvantages people who don’t have the time to sort out which order they want to put everyone on the ballot.


15 posted on 11/03/2025 11:24:13 AM PST by x
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To: JZelle

That little goat beard will be a hit with the other muzzies.


16 posted on 11/03/2025 11:31:56 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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