That's because open primaries allowed 2 Rs to appear on the ballot. If there were closed primaries then Palin would've won and Tshibaka would've primaried bitchkowski and both go on to win the general election
I think we’re getting somewhere now, the Open primaries being the bigger problem of the two. That’s why Yang’s crew is working on Open Primaries as well in the same places they’re trying to get the RCV.
Read the last sentence again. They admit "ranked-choice voting has become a victim of partisan warfare." They are absolutely right. Notice how RCV is only introduced in red states as a partisan weapon democrats use to take power in red states. Where is RCV in California, Maryland, or New York? If the dems are gonna pull RCV in red states, why don't we do the same in blue states? As soon as that happens, democrats will abandon RCV because it no longer serves as their weapon to take more power.
Ranked choice would be beneficial for us as long as there aren't "top 4" or open primaries
Palin and Tshibaka are trying to end it in AK, it didn’t work for them https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/01/23/tshibaka-joins-palin-in-effort-to-fight-ranked-choice-voting/
That's because open primaries allowed 2 Rs to appear on the ballot. If there were closed primaries then Palin would've won and Tshibaka would've primaried bitchkowski and both go on to win the general election
I think we’re getting somewhere now, the Open primaries being the bigger problem of the two. That’s why Yang’s crew is working on Open Primaries as well in the same places they’re trying to get the RCV.
Read the last sentence again. They admit "ranked-choice voting has become a victim of partisan warfare." They are absolutely right. Notice how RCV is only introduced in red states as a partisan weapon democrats use to take power in red states. Where is RCV in California, Maryland, or New York? If the dems are gonna pull RCV in red states, why don't we do the same in blue states? As soon as that happens, democrats will abandon RCV because it no longer serves as their weapon to take more power.
That’s a good observation, one I hadn’t looked at closely. Appreciate your pointing it out.