Portland’s first ranked-choice vote elects progressive outsider as mayor
Portland’s first ranked-choice vote elects progressive outsider as mayor
As US electorate moves to right, Oregon city bucks trend and also elects most diverse city council in history
First Ranked Choice vote.
Elect Progressive.
Other politicians: 'Okay that's enough RCV for America'
Well Oregon also voted down RCV statewide because it's just too confusing lol
The UK did this about a decade ago by a 2-to-1 margin, on the same grounds. Commentators in Australia (which have had ranked choice voting for generations) quipped that this was final proof that Australians are smarter than Brits.
Meanwhile, the state initiative to pass RCV crashed and burned. :(
Probably because it was incomplete for reasons unknown. I'm not sure why, but we get really bad ballot measures. 118 was super terrible, and 117 was seemingly unfinished.
Interestingly, we had extremely low turnout in the local elections. Apparently RCV, or the sheer number of candidates (over 100 for 12 positions), or a combination of both contributed to very low turnout. There were more people voting for POTUS than any of the local candidates, which is a little disappointing. I'll dig into the numbers this weekend.
I’m still pissed that Coloradans voted down RCV on the ballot this season.
So did the rest of Oregon and it wasn't even close. Too many people fell for the "it's too confusing" propaganda, which is just another way to call the voters dumb, but maybe they're not wrong.
Great! Next bring progressive change to Salem!
Fat chance. Kotek and the rest of the neoliberals have the state locked down.