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December 31, 2019
Too many Democrats are running for president in 2020. But there's an easy fix
By Marta Steele
According to FairVote senior fellow David Daley, author of the magisterial Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count, the solution to the surfeit of Democratic presidential candidates is Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Right now, none of the four front-running Democratic candidates consistently holds onto a 30 percent level of support from the public. With RCV, which the article defines in more detail, voters can select their first, seco ...
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According to FairVote senior fellow David Daley, author of the magisterial Ratf**ked: Why Your Vote Doesn't Count, the solution to the surfeit of Democratic presidential candidates is Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).
Right now, none of the four front-running Democratic candidates consistently holds onto a 30 percent level of support from the public.
With RCV, which the article defines in more detail, voters can select their first, second, and third choices for Democratic presidential candidate in the primaries. The one who first emerges with 50 percent or more of the vote wins. This can take several rounds of counting, as the candidate with the least number of votes in each round is eliminated from the running.
Daley considers this the fairest reflection of the people's choice, and his discussion is compelling.
Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who.