I have tended to like ranked-choice voting. Tonight, I question it. With as many candidates as there are, by the time you account for all the races, it is all you can do to keep up with just a part of the action.
Voting needs to be made simpler, not more difficult. Ranked-choice voting requires you not only to come up with one candidate you like, but to know them all.
Whatever we do to better our system needs start with making it more inviting to learn about the candidates. First things being first, first get us to the point where we are enjoying learning about the candidates, and where we are learning about the candidates.
Then, we can think of ranked-choice voting. Ranked-choice won't work until people know the candidates well enough to rank them.
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