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Should the federal government mandate Ranked Choice Voting for all congressional elections?

Ranked Choice Voting (RCV), also known as instant-runoff voting, allows voters to rank candidates by preference (1st, 2nd, 3rd) rather than selecting just one. If no candidate wins a majority (50% + 1) outright, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their voters' second choices are redistributed to the remaining candidates until a winner is declared. This system is currently used in states like Maine and Alaska. Proponents argue it reduces negative campaigning and allows for more diverse candidates. Opponents argue it violates the traditional 'one person, one vote' principle and makes the voting process unnecessarily complex.

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54%
Yes
46%
No
43%
Yes
37%
No
7%
Yes, it eliminates the spoiler effect so voters can support third-party candidates without wasting their vote
6%
No, winners should be decided by who gets the most votes, not by a complex formula that redistributes ballots
4%
Yes, the winner-take-all system fuels extremism and ranking candidates forces politicians to build consensus
4%
No, it is too confusing for voters and causes higher rates of ballot errors and discarded votes

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  @EIG357  from Indiana  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, but only for Primaries.

 @BDZZJ5K from New York  answered…3 days3D

No, we should move to true proportional representation rather than district-based elections that are vulnerable to gerrymandering

 @BDZG5J3 from Washington  answered…4 days4D

Yes but apply this to the entire nation (Federal, State and local elections)

 @BDYC6VZ from Indiana  answered…1wk1W

Proportional representation should be used for congressional elections.

 @B7W5R34  from Pennsylvania  answered…1wk1W

No, only for primaries

 @BDFXVR4 from California  answered…1mo1MO

Not immediately, and if the federal government requires it it should be gradually and more running should be sent to the registrar of voters for every county because it will be an upheaval to make sure it’s done right.

 @BDFX4KH from Washington  answered…1mo1MO

Is this seriouslt he eonly prorsla hwre

 @BDFJCGQ from Montana  answered…1mo1MO

Only for presidential elections

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Israeli Bombings Kill 2,300 In Lebanon in 3 weeks

Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.The Israeli military has ordered people living in more than a quarter of Lebanon to flee, according to a UN calculation, as its fight with the Iran-backed Shia militant group Hizbollah threatens to engulf the Mediterranean country.Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.More than 1mn people have fled their homes in Lebanon in under a month, according to its government, a dramatic forced movement of the population in a country of only about 5mn inhabitants with a land mass smaller than the US state of Connecticut. Israeli forces began a ground offensive in south Lebanon two weeks ago, in their fourth invasion of the country in under five decades. They had already destroyed large parts of the densely populated southern Beirut suburb where Hizbollah had its headquarters, and killed many top militant commanders in air strikes, including former leader Hassan Nasrallah.Rema Jamous Imseis, Middle East director of UNHCR, told journalists in Geneva that “over 25 per cent of [Lebanon is] under a direct Israeli military evacuation order”. “People are heeding these calls to evacuate and they’re fleeing with almost nothing,” she added, saying that 80 per cent of the shelters opened by the Lebanese government — mostly in schools — were now full.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

A Moment of Darkness': Washington Post's No-Endorsement Decision Ignites Media Firestorm

Even though the presidential race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is neck and neck, The Washington Post has decided not to make a presidential endorsement for the first time in 36 years, the publisher and CEO announced Friday."We are returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," Will Lewis wrote in an opinion piece published on the paper's website. He referenced the paper's policy in the decades prior to 1976, when, following the Watergate scandal that the Post broke, it endorsed Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter. The last time the Post did not endorse a presidential candidate in the general election was 1988, according to a search of its archives.Colleagues learned the news from the editorial page editor, David Shipley, at a tense meeting shortly before Lewis' announcement. The meeting was characterized by someone with direct knowledge of discussions on condition of anonymity to speak about internal matters.Shipley said that he told other editorial board leaders Thursday by management that there would be no endorsement, though he has known for weeks. He added that he "owns" this decision. The reason he cited was to create "independent space" where the newspaper does not tell people for whom to vote.Colleagues were said to be "shocked" and uniformly negative. Post corporate spokespeople have not responded to multiple messages left by NPR on the subject.Former Washington Post Executive Editor Martin Baron, who led the newsroom to acclaim during Trump's presidency, denounced the decision starkly."This is cowardice, a moment of darkness that will leave democracy as a casualty," Baron said in a statement to NPR. "Donald Trump will celebrate this as an invitation to further intimidate The Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos (and other media owners). History will mark a disturbing chapter of spinelessness at an institution famed for courage."A similar decision by Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong led this week to the resignations of the paper's editorials editor and two editorial board members. Soon-Shiong said that he had asked the editorial board to draft a "factual analysis" of Trump and Harris' policies and plans. In her resignation letter, editorials editor Mariel Garza said the decision made the paper look “craven and hypocritical,” given its past reporting and editorials on Trump.

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