23rd June 2018, 12:35 AM
Oh, in other news, it took a week (which is too long) but late last Tuesday night they finally managed to finish the ranked-choice vote count for the Democratic candidate for governor here in Maine. The person who had been in the lead after the first round (which had its results announced on election day)Janet Mills, won overall, though it wasn't a foregone conclusion; it took all the way until all other candidates had been eliminated to get a final result, and it was about 54-46 so it was competitive.
More here: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/06/21/h...-outcomes/ In the article several candidates say that one result was a much less combative campaign than there would have been with a regular vote, which makes sense; anger another candidate's supporters and they might rank you below some of the other candidates as their secondary choices, after all, so people were nicer than they otherwise would have been. That's another good outcome of ranked choice voting, I think.
More here: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/06/21/h...-outcomes/ In the article several candidates say that one result was a much less combative campaign than there would have been with a regular vote, which makes sense; anger another candidate's supporters and they might rank you below some of the other candidates as their secondary choices, after all, so people were nicer than they otherwise would have been. That's another good outcome of ranked choice voting, I think.