LOCAL ELECTIONS - What local elections/ballot measures do you want to advise people on?
LANDSLIDE 2020
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We think nationally a lot, but let's talk local for a bit!
Rules for this thread are pretty simple. Top-level posts must be structured as such or they'll be deleted:
[STATE]
[COUNTY/CITY/etc (if applicable)]
[Position title. School board, police chief, dog catcher, tax hike, etc.]: -Who is the MAGA candidate(s), or Yes/No to the initiative. Please include an explanation (and link, if possible)
Example:
NORTH DAKOTA
FARGO COUNTY
Police Chief:
-Deputy Dangle. He puts rollerskating hookers away and doesn't afraid of anything
School tax increase
-Vote NO. They're failing our students, churning out rollerskating hookers. They'll use the money for rayciss training anyway.
If you're looking for advice for your state/county, ctrl-F and search for it. If nothing comes up, do some research and advise others!
I tend to want to vote no on 2 under the general principal that the more complicated the system the easier it is for the people in power to game it.
But if I were to play devil's advocate, in general ranked choice would work to the advantage of people who want to vote 3rd party to show their displeasure with the lesser evil, but who don't want the greater evil to win due to that.
By way of example, the people who would vote for the green party if it didn't mean losing to Trump would now be willing to do so, with their second vote going to Biden, while the ones who would vote Libertarian but for their fear of over-reaching Biden, were now be willing to do so. In terms of finding out what people really think ranked choice makes sense.
I don't fear a ranked choice system. My sense is that the Dems are for it because they think they could rig it for them, but I think it's value is that it lets you have more data on what people really think. I don't think it will do what the Dems hope it will do.