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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Minneapolis was nice back then, Minneapolis today, is not Mary Richards home anymore.
Ranked-choice voting is a sham, and should be outlawed.
If it helped conservative candidates it would be.
I think it’s state law that they have to let the Muslim win.
Minnieappleless. Sammie Camel jockeys sure beat the heck out of those boring American politicians, right Ollie? Right Olga?
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.
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.
RCV only gives the loser a second chance.
The first time a Republican slips in because of ranked voting they will end it and not before.
Ranked cheating.
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.
Emaciated Chris Rock will win.
And RCV-enabled electronic voting machines.
Someone needs to explain why even states without RCV use RCV-enabled voting machines.
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.
That little goat beard will be a hit with the other muzzies.
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