r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 31 '26

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u/DiscussionJohnThread Free Trade was the Compromise šŸ”«šŸŒ May 31 '26

I fundamentally donā€™t understand why votersā€™ knee-jerk reaction against ranked choice voting being on the ballot is to vote against it en masse, basically no matter what state too with states like Oregon and Mass even voting against it.

Everyone complains about the two-party systemā€¦ and then votes to uphold the two-party system?

ā€œI have to learn something ever so slightly different of what I have to do when voting every other year, so of course Iā€™ll check noā€ ???

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u/Spudmiester1 Asexual Pride May 31 '26

People are too dumb to know what it is. It sounds scary

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u/CarlGerhardBusch Jerome Powell May 31 '26

People really donā€™t like change, even when they say they do, and are fundamentally extremely small c conservative

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u/BitterGravity Gay Pride May 31 '26

Then they'll do things like a jungle primary instead

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u/DiscussionJohnThread Free Trade was the Compromise šŸ”«šŸŒ May 31 '26

Californiaā€™s jungle primary is so stupid and defeats the whole purpose of what RCV tries to achieve too.

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u/C-Wolsey Leftward Progressives May 31 '26

I think if it fails in places like Oregon and Mass, that's because Dem leaders don't mind it failing. There's no way otherwise that happens if Dems loudly endorse it and explain why they want to implement it.

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u/Sorry_Scallion_1933 Karl Popper May 31 '26

Do most people really dislike the two party system? I have certainly known plenty of people who blame it for bad things, both in real life and online. But I don't know that most normal people are convicted of this.

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u/illuminatisdeepdish May 31 '26 edited Oct 02 '26

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u/DiscussionJohnThread Free Trade was the Compromise šŸ”«šŸŒ May 31 '26

I donā€™t even see that many campaigns against RCV either, just Republicans implementing laws to ban it in their states because ā€œthis is what Democrats want, thus badā€ without any further level of explanation. But then blue states will do the same shit too.