The last round of ranked-choice ballots showed the left-wing candidate winning 56 percent of the votes, to Cuomo’s 44.

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    4 days ago

    Already are.

    Tune in to this reposted Atlantic article learn that RCV is “wonkish and confusing”, that it has “warped the political calculus of the mayoral campaign” by causing candidates to (horror!) cross-endorse instead of dropping out or running attack ads. Clearly, the article concludes, if a newcomer can defeat a wealthy candidate with ‘name recognition’, the system must obviously be wrong.