Voters in several states last week delivered a stinging rebuke to ranked choice voting, clouding the future of an idea that had seen strong momentum in recent years.
Voters: We need to break the two-party, FPTP system.
Progressives: Ok, so how about ranked choice voting?
Voters: Not like that! <rushes to polls to enshrine FPTP >
Voters, later: Why doesn’t anything ever change?
Nothing ever changes because the vast majority of the American public doesn’t actually want it to change. The 2024 election is proof of that. People don’t want change. They want something to complain about.
Voters: We need to break the two-party, FPTP system.
Progressives: Ok, so how about ranked choice voting?
Voters: Not like that! <rushes to polls to enshrine FPTP >
Voters, later: Why doesn’t anything ever change?
Nothing ever changes because the vast majority of the American public doesn’t actually want it to change. The 2024 election is proof of that. People don’t want change. They want something to complain about.