Ranked voting

[Belsnickel]

(09-04-2022, 02:28 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: If they didn't have two Republicans on the ballot, there's a good chance Palin wins.

My problem with RCV is that the 2nd place votes for Palin supporters and Peltola supporters were never factored in.

Only the people that wanted the least popular candidate had their 2nd choice tabulated. The people that were more in line with what the state wanted, their 2nd place votes were never added in.

I voted Peltola 1st and Begich 2nd with no ranking for Palin at all. I'm curious what Begich's numbers would look like when adding in Peltola and Palin voter's 2nd place numbers.

So, I think you are misunderstanding the way the process works and what it is intended to do. RCV is over called the "instant runoff" method of voting. The reason for this is because the way it works creates the results of a runoff election without having to hold another one. In a runoff election, Begich would not have been on the ballot and it just would have been Palin and Peltola. So the people that voted for them ranked first would have voted for them again (theoretically) and those that voted for Bergich would have to vote for someone else. Because of this, only the voters of the eliminated candidate have their votes shifted to their second ranked option because he would be the only candidate not on the ballot in the runoff election.

Having the second ranked votes of the voters for the candidates still in the running counted just doesn't make sense.