• spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org
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      4 days ago

      NYC Mayoral Race uses Ranked Choice Voting.

      ehhh…sort of. they use a half-assed version of it, in a way that’s very common for RCV implementations in the US.

      the Democratic primary used RCV to select the Democratic nominee. the Republicans didn’t bother with a primary and nominated Curtis Sliwa.

      the general election reverts back to first-past-the-post, with a Democrat, a Republican, and two independents (Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo).

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        And look, the Democratic primary produced an actual wildly popular candidate.

        Personally I think STAR is better than RCV, but I do think the correlation between RCV primary and great outcome is notable.