At this point, Im willing to accept that IRV provides a reasonable snapshot of the will of the people, until shown otherwise. \u00a0I would like to see the returns in more detail. \u00a0For example, out of all the first choice ballots for Thune, how were the second choices distributed? \u00a0Did a ballot with Thune as the fifth choice put him over the top? \u00a0Someone might say its none of my business. \u00a0But that doesnt keep me from wondering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I have more pedestrian worries. \u00a0The campaigns this time around seemed to worry more about how to game the ranked-choice system than they did on actually talking issues. \u00a0Granted, it’s a one-party city, so they never <\/em>have to actually talk issues.<\/p>\nWhich is a signal fact of Instant Runoff Voting; it seems to get adopted in one-party cities like Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Tacoma and the like. \u00a0Could it work in a place with competitive races?<\/p>\n
We may never know. \u00a0I’m not aware that it’s been tried. \u00a0And even many of the one-party cities that adopted it in a wave of fanfare over the past decade are quietly retiring the idea.<\/p>\n
What do they know that we don’t?<\/p>\n
It’s mostly a rhetorical question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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