It also saves local jurisdictions money because they don't have to spend more on another election to administer. If no one hits a needed threshold to win those runoffs, candidates with depleted funds then have to often campaign several more weeks. Ranked-choice voting, sometimes called "instant runoff elections," costs less than other runoffs. More cost-effective than other runoff elections.It's less likely that extreme candidates who have a strong base of support but aren't liked more broadly could get through in a crowded primary. In other words, ranked-choice voting can drastically reduce the possibility of spoilers. And that can make for some broadly unpopular or unqualified candidates winning. The usual system of "most votes wins" can mean someone with only a plurality of the overall vote can be elected, not necessarily the person with majority support. It means the winner gets a majority of the vote.The Oscars have also been using it since 2009 for its Best Picture category, but not everyone is a fan of the results it has produced. Two dozen cities adopted ranked-choice voting in this country in the early-to-mid-20th century, but it faced a backlash and was repealed in all of them but one. Just two states - Maine and Alaska - have switched to it for both statewide and presidential elections, while a few more used it for 2020 presidential primaries. There are some 20 jurisdictions across the country that use ranked-choice voting, according to FairVote, a nonpartisan vote-reform advocacy group. Using its data, the latest WNBC/Telemundo 47/Politico/Marist poll of the race, for example, found it would take 12 rounds to get a winner. In the New York Democratic mayoral primary, with such a large field of candidates and a high percentage of undecided voters, it could take many rounds before someone reaches a majority. This reallocation of votes goes on until someone reaches 50% plus one.
The person with the lowest number of first-place votes is eliminated, and that candidate's voters' second choices get redistributed as votes for other candidates.But if no one gets 50% plus one, it's on to Round 2.If someone gets 50% plus one after all the first-choice votes are counted, then the election is over and that candidate wins.
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