politics @lemmy.world jordanlund @lemmy.world 2 wk. ago

Oregon election results: Measure 117 adopting ranked-choice voting fails

www.statesmanjournal.com Oregon election results: Measure 117 adopting ranked-choice voting fails

The ballot measure would adopt ranked-choice voting for the nomination and election of president, members of Congress and statewide elected officials.

Wasn't even close. 60/40.

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Who votes against this? Really!
- People who want their party to stay in power
  
  They still could?
- People who read the heavily biased voter's pamphlet and didn't use critical thinking
  
  What does it say?
  
  Well they voted so now they never will have to use it I guess.
- I don't know anything about the campaign in Oregon, but most people are scared of things they aren't familiar with.
  
  Also I'm guessing neither party really supported this much, since they benefit from first-past-the-post.
  
  Wonder what the campaign against it was. This seems like a easy win. It's not even a religious thing like pro-choice.
- Missouri voted to ban it 😭
  
  you would think even If you hated Harris you would at least vote for more dinner options.
I'm revising my estimation of the electorate a lot tonight
- Every time I think the rubes couldn't possibly be stupider we have an election and I'm proved wrong
  
  I never heard that word I think (not a native speaker) and DDG only brings up some band, which I don’t think you mean here. What are the rubes?
We had a referendum on ranked choice voting (referred to as AV at the time) here in the UK some years ago. The campaign against it was shocking. Well funded and extremely vocal. Bizarre lies and misinformation.

Someome really hates changing FPTP.
- The status quo perhaps?
  
  The funny thing is we just had a really unusual election where the right splintered and FPTP handed a landslide to the centre-left party.
  
  The right is probably going to flip and campaign against FPTP soon.
- Reducing extremism, reduces the impact of advertising, which means business loses influence... and the rich lose influence. So that is who hates ranked choice voting.

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