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Mamdani Holds Huge Lead in NYC Mayor's Race, But Top Democrats Still Won't Back Him
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NYC Mayoral Race uses Ranked Choice Voting.
ehhh...sort of. they use a half-assed version of it, in a way that's very common for RCV implementations in the US.
the Democratic primary used RCV to select the Democratic nominee. the Republicans didn't bother with a primary and nominated Curtis Sliwa.
the general election reverts back to first-past-the-post, with a Democrat, a Republican, and two independents (Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo).
Oh my bad. I was under the impression the GE used RCV as well.
And look, the Democratic primary produced an actual wildly popular candidate.
Personally I think STAR is better than RCV, but I do think the correlation between RCV primary and great outcome is notable.
Oh my yes score voting is probably my fav single seat method that remains fairly simple.