jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1164arrow-down1external-linkPortland’s ranked-choice debut causes voter engagement to crater; 1 in 5 who cast ballots chose no one for City Councilwww.oregonlive.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square81fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 days agoYou’re given a list of candidates, and you can select however many of them you approve of being in office. Votes are then tallied, and whoever has the highest approval total is who gets voted in.
minus-squarestembolts@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 days agoSo I don’t get to prioritize one candidate over the other? I can only vote “approve” or “disapprove”? These are rhetorical questions and I know the answers, but dang, you failed to explain the “ranked” part of “ranked choice”…
minus-squareAshelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThat’s because I didn’t explain ranked choice voting, I explained approval voting… They’re two different things
minus-squarestembolts@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoGuess I’m dumb. Tbh this is an expected outcome.
You’re given a list of candidates, and you can select however many of them you approve of being in office. Votes are then tallied, and whoever has the highest approval total is who gets voted in.
So I don’t get to prioritize one candidate over the other? I can only vote “approve” or “disapprove”?
These are rhetorical questions and I know the answers, but dang, you failed to explain the “ranked” part of “ranked choice”…
That’s because I didn’t explain ranked choice voting, I explained approval voting… They’re two different things
Guess I’m dumb. Tbh this is an expected outcome.
Oh fascinating! Thank you