instant runoff would fix this, would it not?
This massive error handed MAGA a blue state — and California is set to do the same - Raw Story
The 2016 Washington State Treasurer’s race offers a cautionary tale. All candidates competed together in the primary under similar rules to California. Three strong Democratic candidates split their vote nearly evenly, totaling 51.6%. But because there were only two Republicans to divide their smaller 48.4% share, the November ballot was Republican vs Republican. Washington got a Republican state Treasurer despite Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump by 16 points in the state.The same could happen this year in California, where eight Democrats are running for governor.
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This massive error handed MAGA a blue state — and California is set to do the same
Will California’s gubernatorial candidates realize that they could split the vote enough in the primary to create a Republican victory?The 2016 Washington State Treasurer’s race offers a cautionary tale.Paul Rogat Loeb (Raw Story)
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in reply to Lisa Stranger • • •No, instant run off would not make any difference. California's primary is a unified primary - all candidates are tossed into one election. The top two - no matter how the votes are counted - move on to the general election.
The R part here is diving their smaller piece of the voter pie two ways while the D's are diving their larger part something like ten or twelve ways. That means that the D's are likely each to have smaller vote counts than either of the R's, thus allowing the R's, and only the R's, to move to the general election.
We need all but two of the D's to drop out in the next week or so. But there is so much ego involved that that is unlikely.
Disaster is the probable outcome with the D's effectively blocked from the governorship despite California being bluer than blue.
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