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Ranked-Choice Voting Is One of the Greatest Threats to Democracy.
Truth Social ^ | Apr 19, 2025, 6:36 PM | Donald J. Trumpâś“ @realDonaldTrump

Posted on 04/20/2025 11:42:43 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Hey, that’s just one of the ways the Demoncrats ... I mean Democrats steal elections ... no actually I mean Demoncrats.


21 posted on 04/20/2025 2:15:29 PM PDT by antidemoncrat ( )
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For the record, I see merit, and I strongly recommend a thorough investigation to provide the pros and cons of rank file voting.

Our Founders envisioned many factions competing for the votes. I believe the notion of rank-file voting opens the door for more political parties or factions to have an opportunity to be recognized.

I believe that represents an improvement over the carefully structured Republican and Democratic Political Parties Sandbox.

22 posted on 04/20/2025 4:08:42 PM PDT by MosesKnows
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Ranked Choice voting favors political organizations with strong centralized control over their followers, at the expense of grass-roots organizations and ordinary voters. The organization with strong centralized control just dictates to their followers whom to vote for and in what order and their voting power as a bloc will give them a strong advantage over the rest of the electorate. (Think for example of a slate of school board candidates, where the average voter will only know or care about 1-2 candidates but won't fill out the whole ballot.)

So, not hard to figure out why the more totalitarian party is pushing this.

23 posted on 04/20/2025 4:28:28 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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And the centralized controllers can enter a few stalking horse candidates in the opponent’s race to dilute the other party’s votes.


24 posted on 04/20/2025 4:38:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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So more voter fraud?


25 posted on 04/21/2025 6:38:25 AM PDT by ducttape45 (Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
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