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Ranked voting is dumb and terrible

It's like a round robin playoff format with no single elimin...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
reddit loves it and suggests implementing it in every electi...
Massive stage
  06/25/25
The other thing brilliant about the NYC mayor race is that a...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
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Poppy Main People Business Firm
  06/25/25
It's dumber than that, ranked voting is for the primary only...
Histrionic elastic band
  06/25/25
Byzantium had a more sensible system
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
Don't be mean to Justinian :(
Histrionic elastic band
  06/25/25
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wild aphrodisiac new version
  06/25/25
It lasted over 1000 years. Of course it had a great system....
chest-beating outnumbered meetinghouse
  06/26/25
Lindy
Motley parlor
  06/26/25
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Razzmatazz Jew
  06/26/25
It worked in practice but not in theory
silver sound barrier
  06/26/25
This makes sense to me because while ranked choice is stupid...
wild aphrodisiac new version
  06/25/25
yeah let's just have a system rigged for two terrible partie...
aromatic ruby background story stead
  06/25/25
If there were a viable third party it wouldn't be a waste of...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
that AVP "whoever wins, we lose" movie poster need...
Flesh bat shit crazy base ladyboy
  06/25/25
CR. A bunch of NYC fags elected a musbro terrorist, but tha...
Histrionic elastic band
  06/25/25
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vigorous indian lodge newt
  06/25/25
voting for two choices is the only kind of voting that actua...
maroon menage
  06/25/25
yeah it’s very reddity
Bearded pit
  06/25/25
Hey, Vsauce! Michael here.
Massive stage
  06/25/25
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maroon menage
  06/25/25
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Chartreuse resort
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Bearded pit
  06/25/25
*voting is dumb and terrible
Poppy Main People Business Firm
  06/25/25
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navy queen of the night hall
  06/25/25
Reddit loves it so yeah
Vivacious Organic Girlfriend
  06/25/25
democracy sucks, but at the very least you have to give norm...
maroon menage
  06/25/25
What it is is it's voting twice. You're voting for someone y...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
It seems to me that ranked voting will go away naturally wit...
beady-eyed really tough guy abode
  06/25/25
? If somebody has strong enough support that people ranking ...
Histrionic elastic band
  06/25/25
I don't like ranked choice voting because suppose someone ra...
Poppy Main People Business Firm
  06/25/25
Ding ding ding we have a winner
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
cons hate it because it optimizes for voter preference where...
Hairraiser plum candlestick maker
  06/25/25
TITCR
aromatic ruby background story stead
  06/25/25
Yeah if anyone chooses their next leader by secret cabal and...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
At least Kamala got over 50% of the vote for VP. Trump&rsquo...
Hairraiser plum candlestick maker
  06/25/25
This is truly the greatest argument I have ever heard about ...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
Biden also won a majority of the vote twice as VP and once a...
Hairraiser plum candlestick maker
  06/25/25
no one cares how CA, NYC and Chicago vote you stupid faggot....
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  06/26/25
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wild aphrodisiac new version
  06/26/25
it matters when you talking about having a “mandate&rd...
Hairraiser plum candlestick maker
  06/26/25
"or when you argue in court that a certain policy repre...
wild aphrodisiac new version
  06/26/25
On close questions in which Trump is a party it definitely m...
Hairraiser plum candlestick maker
  06/26/25
Where? Provide a specific example where it mattered.
wild aphrodisiac new version
  06/26/25
It's just lib echo chamber cope. They repeat this on MSNBC a...
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
No, Obama’s two victories and Biden’s victory wo...
Hairraiser plum candlestick maker
  06/26/25
What kind of abject loser sits around ranking victories? The...
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
Trump will never be President now
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
TI, OC, TCR
Confused sneaky criminal
  06/25/25
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vigorous indian lodge newt
  06/25/25
i live in a state with ranked choice voting and where decent...
vigorous indian lodge newt
  06/25/25
So just vote for the third party then? Why do you deserve so...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
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Vivacious Organic Girlfriend
  06/25/25
wdym "why do you deserve?" as if theres some moral...
jade magical sanctuary police squad
  06/26/25
which is exactly what happened in nyc. in deep blue monop...
jade magical sanctuary police squad
  06/26/25
I literally don't care about the mayor of NYC I just hate ra...
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
you've mentioned nyc multiple times itt and the thread is to...
jade magical sanctuary police squad
  06/26/25
You're insane. I have zero thoughts about NYC. This shut rea...
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
this you two minutes after creating the thread? Date: Jun...
jade magical sanctuary police squad
  06/26/25
What does that have to do with anything? Totally nonresponsi...
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
why don't you just try reading the first sentence of every p...
jade magical sanctuary police squad
  06/26/25
I don't get it. Anyway I hate ranked voting because of what ...
Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
elections should only have one candidate. avoids all the fig...
Onyx international law enforcement agency milk
  06/25/25
A round robin playoff is better than single elimination beca...
180 Stag Film Private Investor
  06/25/25
right that's why the final 4 teams in every sport each play ...
Chartreuse resort
  06/25/25
its abusable right as in u dont give yer true rank preferenc...
Razzmatazz Jew
  06/26/25
cr it benefits people who vote tactically and dishonestly, a...
silver sound barrier
  06/26/25
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maroon menage
  06/26/25
It does a far better job of picking the candidate who reflec...
exciting doctorate garrison
  06/26/25
It resulted in the most left-wing candidate winning literall...
silver sound barrier
  06/26/25
Ranked choice didn’t figure at all. He won without it....
exciting doctorate garrison
  06/26/25
you pee sitting down and fart cum from your asshole
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Chartreuse resort
  06/26/25
the big brain counter to this is that avoiding what "Th...
maroon menage
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Massive stage
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jade magical sanctuary police squad
  06/26/25
exactly. ranked choice is 180.
Comical mauve fanboi ceo
  06/26/25
the possibility of reducing nutjobs from each party winning ...
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Onyx international law enforcement agency milk
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Onyx international law enforcement agency milk
  06/26/25
range voting is the one you want, this makes way more sense:...
Mildly Autistic Cocky University
  06/26/25
voting weighed by continuous years of landownership within t...
silver sound barrier
  06/26/25


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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

It's like a round robin playoff format with no single elimination. Truly idiotic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048438)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Massive stage

reddit loves it and suggests implementing it in every election worldwide. that's all you need to know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048441)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:37 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

The other thing brilliant about the NYC mayor race is that all the same characters are on the ballot again in November. So it's like what was the point? We got faggy ranked voting but technically no one was actually eliminated? So we get to rank vote them again? Liberals really do hate life and themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048445)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Poppy Main People Business Firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048465)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Histrionic elastic band

It's dumber than that, ranked voting is for the primary only. You only get one vote in the general.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048473)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

Byzantium had a more sensible system

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048483)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:55 AM
Author: Histrionic elastic band

Don't be mean to Justinian :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048488)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: wild aphrodisiac new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049044)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:49 AM
Author: chest-beating outnumbered meetinghouse

It lasted over 1000 years. Of course it had a great system.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051117)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:17 AM
Author: Motley parlor

Lindy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051175)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:42 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Jew



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051233)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:17 AM
Author: silver sound barrier

It worked in practice but not in theory

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051177)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:17 PM
Author: wild aphrodisiac new version

This makes sense to me because while ranked choice is stupid, political parties can run their primaries however they want.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049046)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: aromatic ruby background story stead

yeah let's just have a system rigged for two terrible parties forever.

I love having to pick the lesser of two evils or throw my vote in the garbage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048448)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:41 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

If there were a viable third party it wouldn't be a waste of your vote to vote for them. The reason third parties feel like a waste is that they have almost zero popularity. It's their views that suck. Only one in a hundred people actually like them. But you want to feel special so you can rank Lander number one but Zohan two so you can lose on the first ballot but you're voting a second time to block Cuomo? How about you grow the fuck up and vote your conscience and too bad so sad your candidate woefully unpopular and it's on you to decide whether to throw your vote award or not. Third partymos cannot accept that no one wants them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048456)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: Flesh bat shit crazy base ladyboy

that AVP "whoever wins, we lose" movie poster needs to be turned into marble and put on the national mall imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048467)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:51 AM
Author: Histrionic elastic band

CR. A bunch of NYC fags elected a musbro terrorist, but that's not the fault of CV, it's because of NYC fags. The mechanism itself is fine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048475)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:59 AM
Author: vigorous indian lodge newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048504)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: maroon menage

voting for two choices is the only kind of voting that actually makes any coherent sense

not flame. spend like 10 minutes thinking about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048508)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:45 AM
Author: Bearded pit

yeah it’s very reddity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048461)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Massive stage

Hey, Vsauce! Michael here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048470)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:52 AM
Author: maroon menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048477)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:01 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048513)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:51 AM
Author: Bearded pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048640)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: Poppy Main People Business Firm

*voting is dumb and terrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048466)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:48 PM
Author: navy queen of the night hall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049111)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:50 AM
Author: Vivacious Organic Girlfriend

Reddit loves it so yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048469)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: maroon menage

democracy sucks, but at the very least you have to give normgroids a maximum of 2 candidates, or a yes/no choice on something

it's just absurd to think that some normgroid ape is "rationally" doing a "ranked choice" of 5 different people lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048482)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:58 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

What it is is it's voting twice. You're voting for someone you know isn't going to win but you're saying wait wait, I deserve a second chance here. I knew my buddy was only going to get ten votes. But it was REALLY heckin important that I express my voice. Anyway back in reality I'd rather have this guy than the other guy.

It's so needy to give libs two votes but they must have their do-over Mulligan vote after they've got their super important feelings off their chest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048501)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:55 AM
Author: beady-eyed really tough guy abode

It seems to me that ranked voting will go away naturally with time. How far off are we from the candidate who gets all of his die hard supporters to only vote for him and refuse to rank vote other candidates? At that point the strongest coalition will win and ranked voting will die.

Alternatively, it will never die because voters are cucky and don’t know what they want.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048484)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 10:57 AM
Author: Histrionic elastic band

? If somebody has strong enough support that people ranking only him makes a difference, then that's no different between him having a lot of 1's and then those ballots have 2-5's that will never matter anyway. What IRV prevents is a third party vanity faggot from siphoning 10% of the vote from the candidate closer to them. Some of those might vote for only their guy anyway, but that's no different than throwing the vote away in a FPTP system.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048494)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: Poppy Main People Business Firm

I don't like ranked choice voting because suppose someone ranks 8 no-chance faggot third party candidates, then the Dem 9th and the Republican 10th. Their 9th place choice is going to count just as much as a normal person's 1st place choice.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048507)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:01 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

Ding ding ding we have a winner

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048516)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: Hairraiser plum candlestick maker

cons hate it because it optimizes for voter preference whereas cons prefer to install leaders against the will of the electorate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048510)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: aromatic ruby background story stead

TITCR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048903)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 1:58 PM
Author: Chartreuse resort

Yeah if anyone chooses their next leader by secret cabal and then tries to get the general public to ratify the elite's choice at the last minute, it's the Republicans 🤔

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049003)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:49 PM
Author: Hairraiser plum candlestick maker

At least Kamala got over 50% of the vote for VP. Trump’s never won 50% ever in any election he’s run in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049114)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:53 PM
Author: Chartreuse resort

This is truly the greatest argument I have ever heard about anything ever. Kamala 50% of the vote as vice president. I have to write that one down. In my book of jokes. Thank you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049128)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Hairraiser plum candlestick maker

Biden also won a majority of the vote twice as VP and once as POTUS. Obama also did it twice. Trump has never won a majority in any election he’s ever run in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049281)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 8:07 AM
Author: sadistic locale headpube

no one cares how CA, NYC and Chicago vote you stupid faggot. we have the electoral college for a fucking reason.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050873)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: wild aphrodisiac new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050975)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:34 PM
Author: Hairraiser plum candlestick maker

it matters when you talking about having a “mandate” or when you argue in court that a certain policy represents the “will of the people”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051389)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:47 PM
Author: wild aphrodisiac new version

"or when you argue in court that a certain policy represents the “will of the people”"

You're not a lawyer, are you? There is no legal significance to having a majority of the popular vote.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051432)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: Hairraiser plum candlestick maker

On close questions in which Trump is a party it definitely maters. It might not end up in the opinion, but it matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051451)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: wild aphrodisiac new version

Where? Provide a specific example where it mattered.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051503)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:51 PM
Author: Chartreuse resort

It's just lib echo chamber cope. They repeat this on MSNBC ad nauseum. They think saying it will make them feel better or something. If Kamala had won every swing state but only gotten 49% of the vote or whatever libs would say it was the greatest victory in American history. They're just salty as hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051452)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:53 PM
Author: Hairraiser plum candlestick maker

No, Obama’s two victories and Biden’s victory would still be greater since they got over 50% of the vote, unlike Trump or the Kamala hypothetical you posted

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051458)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:56 PM
Author: Chartreuse resort

What kind of abject loser sits around ranking victories? The metric generally is if you were a two term President or not. And then you get ranked against the other Presidents based on your administration. I have never heard of someone sitting around and dick measuring the margin of victory. Trump was a two term President. Biden only one term and Kamala never. He's ranked ahead of those two out of the gate.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051474)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:18 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

Trump will never be President now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051178)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:08 PM
Author: Confused sneaky criminal

TI, OC, TCR

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049024)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: vigorous indian lodge newt



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049435)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:00 AM
Author: vigorous indian lodge newt

i live in a state with ranked choice voting and where decent third party/independent candidates occasionally run for office. its 180. fuck off.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048511)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:03 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

So just vote for the third party then? Why do you deserve some kind of mulligan do over if the third party doesn't win? Why do you get to vote twice? Just vote once faggot. You don't deserve multiple shots on goal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048523)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 11:04 AM
Author: Vivacious Organic Girlfriend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49048527)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 2:46 AM
Author: jade magical sanctuary police squad

wdym "why do you deserve?" as if theres some moral absolutisn to organizing political parties. why does any "deserve" a vote in the primaries, that wasn't alwats a thing either?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050703)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 2:42 AM
Author: jade magical sanctuary police squad

which is exactly what happened in nyc.

in deep blue monoparty states you will only ever get the establishment neoliberal without something like this. why are some people maf that a populist is gonna be mayor of ny over another fucking bloomberg type?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050697)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:20 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

I literally don't care about the mayor of NYC I just hate ranked voting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051183)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:25 AM
Author: jade magical sanctuary police squad

you've mentioned nyc multiple times itt and the thread is topical because of nyc.

"grrr ranked choice voting grrr nyc mayor"

"but it resulted in a non-establishment candidate winning an election in a monoparty city"

"idc about nyc (except for my other poasts itt mentioning nyc heehee)"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051194)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

You're insane. I have zero thoughts about NYC. This shut really started to bother me when it happened in Alaska. You have no clue and you're just making shit up. I only talked about NYC because other people did. My main issue with Alaska was it felt like no one ever dropped out. Without a primary it seemed like the candidates were running against each other forever. The general election sucked because you had two Republicans and a Democrat and I the the Dem won narrowly because of ranked choice which is why LTM thinks he loves this plan. I think the R would have won if there had been a primary but the two Rs went scorched Earth and so some of the Rs put D as their second choice instead of going for the other guy. Now maybe the outcome would have been the same if there were only two candidates on the final ballot instead of three, we'll never know. But I would have much preferred that one of the Rs get eliminated in the primary that way the general election could have been one on one. I think the R candidate should have been given the runway to combat the D opponent solo rather than have to run against a D and another R. I just don't like the whole system because it creates too much intraparty fighting instead of settling business up front and focusing on one candidate and bringing people together. LTM think MAGA kooks would be done forever if there were ranked vote generals because all the fence sitters could vote for a moderate neocon and then D second. This is an absurd system and it sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051209)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:33 AM
Author: jade magical sanctuary police squad

this you two minutes after creating the thread?

Date: June 25th, 2025 10:37 AM

Author: The Goy World

The other thing brilliant about the NYC mayor race is that all the same characters are on the ballot again in November. So it's like what was the point? We got faggy ranked voting but technically no one was actually eliminated? So we get to rank vote them again? Liberals really do hate life and themselves.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2#49048445)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051210)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:35 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

What does that have to do with anything? Totally nonresponsive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051219)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: jade magical sanctuary police squad

why don't you just try reading the first sentence of every poast in this chain

Date: June 26th, 2025 11:20 AM

Author: The Goy World

I literally don't care about the mayor of NYC I just hate ranked voting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2#49051183)

Date: June 26th, 2025 11:25 AM

Author: massive ordnance penetrator (gunneratttt)

you've mentioned nyc multiple times itt and the thread is topical because of nyc.

Date: June 26th, 2025 11:32 AM

Author: The Goy World

You're insane. I have zero thoughts about NYC.

Date: June 26th, 2025 11:33 AM

Author: massive ordnance penetrator (gunneratttt)

this you two minutes after creating the thread?

Date: June 25th, 2025 10:37 AM

Author: The Goy World

The other thing brilliant about the NYC mayor race

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051223)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:42 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort

I don't get it. Anyway I hate ranked voting because of what happened in Alaska.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051234)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 2:13 PM
Author: Onyx international law enforcement agency milk

elections should only have one candidate. avoids all the fighting and nastiness, which ultimately hurts are country. countries that do that have it right imo. everyone can still vote, its still democratic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049031)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 3:48 PM
Author: 180 Stag Film Private Investor

A round robin playoff is better than single elimination because you get a total ranking of competitors instead of letting a bad one slip through by the luck of the draw. So by your own admission ranked choice voting is better than plurality voting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049309)



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Date: June 25th, 2025 4:07 PM
Author: Chartreuse resort

right that's why the final 4 teams in every sport each play each other once and are awarded points for winning and the team with the highest points total is crowned champion.

Like how do we really know that the Knicks were not the best team in the NBA? They didn't even get to play the Thunder and the Timberwolves.

Wow! You're so smart!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49049433)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 8:09 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Jew

its abusable right as in u dont give yer true rank preferences if u have some infos

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050874)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 9:22 AM
Author: silver sound barrier

cr it benefits people who vote tactically and dishonestly, as compared to credulous high-trust people who earnestly rank their preferences. not a good system! would work great if the electorate were entirely made up of this second group but well haha

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050939)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 10:05 AM
Author: maroon menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49050997)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:07 AM
Author: exciting doctorate garrison

It does a far better job of picking the candidate who reflects the positions of the median voter. It should be done without a primary. All the candidates in one race like Alaska. If we had it in congress you wouldn’t get all these nutter fringe reps in deep red and deep blue districts. They win a primary with like 500 total voters and cruise in the general election even if they’re not reflective of what the average voter in that district wants.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051158)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: silver sound barrier

It resulted in the most left-wing candidate winning literally 2 days ago. This is exactly the opposite of reality

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051174)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: exciting doctorate garrison

Ranked choice didn’t figure at all. He won without it. And I said it should be implemented with all candidates in a general election. Primaries are the real problem.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051184)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:39 AM
Author: sadistic locale headpube

you pee sitting down and fart cum from your asshole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051228)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: Chartreuse resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051186)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: maroon menage

the big brain counter to this is that avoiding what "The Average Voter" wants is actually A Good Thing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051204)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:21 PM
Author: Massive stage



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Date: June 26th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: jade magical sanctuary police squad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051208)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 12:49 PM
Author: Comical mauve fanboi ceo

exactly. ranked choice is 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051442)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy reading party

the possibility of reducing nutjobs from each party winning their respective primaries has enormous appeal.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051542)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: Onyx international law enforcement agency milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051660)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 2:07 PM
Author: Onyx international law enforcement agency milk



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051662)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: Mildly Autistic Cocky University

range voting is the one you want, this makes way more sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49051483)



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Date: June 26th, 2025 6:39 PM
Author: silver sound barrier

voting weighed by continuous years of landownership within that county through the paternal line

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5743084&forum_id=2...id.#49052302)