jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoOregon election results: Measure 117 adopting ranked-choice voting failswww.statesmanjournal.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkOregon election results: Measure 117 adopting ranked-choice voting failswww.statesmanjournal.comjordanlund@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWe had a referendum on ranked choice voting (referred to as AV at the time) here in the UK some years ago. The campaign against it was shocking. Well funded and extremely vocal. Bizarre lies and misinformation. Someome really hates changing FPTP.
minus-squareNurgus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoThe funny thing is we just had a really unusual election where the right splintered and FPTP handed a landslide to the centre-left party. The right is probably going to flip and campaign against FPTP soon.
We had a referendum on ranked choice voting (referred to as AV at the time) here in the UK some years ago. The campaign against it was shocking. Well funded and extremely vocal. Bizarre lies and misinformation.
Someome really hates changing FPTP.
The status quo perhaps?
The funny thing is we just had a really unusual election where the right splintered and FPTP handed a landslide to the centre-left party.
The right is probably going to flip and campaign against FPTP soon.