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Ranked Choice Voting
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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.
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Ranked choice is a terrible option and still allows strategic voters. It’s literally the third worst option, the only things being worse are borda and plurality (First past the post). I do not understand why people want RCV at all, when there are so much better options that aren’t being voted out in numerous states, counties, and cities in America already.
What would you replace it with? What's the best or a couple of the best of the so much better options?
Iirc STV overcomes some of the short comings of RCV, although I'm not sure if it's also the case when used for single-member districts. Another one with some traction in the US is STAR voting, which is also related to my personal preference (albeit untested in practice) of highest median voting.
I don't think STV really exists for single member elections. It just becomes RCV.