Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked Choice declares victory. But is it delivering as promised?

November 30, 2021 by Bill Glahn

Minneapolis candidates swept into office with ranked-choice voting are swept out again. The off-year election of 2021 may have been tough on incumbents, but advocates for Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV) were…

November 30, 2021 by Bill Glahn

Governance

Voters are adopting tactics to thwart Ranked-Choice Voting

November 19, 2021 by Bill Glahn

A review of this month’s Minneapolis mayoral election shows voters gaming the RCV system. Earlier this week, the Star Tribune reported on some interesting analyses of this year’s election, which…

November 19, 2021 by Bill Glahn

Governance

Ranked-choice voting moves Minneapolis politics left and lefter

November 15, 2021 by Bill Glahn

Minneapolis has now had four ranked-choice voting (RCV) elections and some patterns are emerging. The Nov. 2 general election was the fourth since 2009 to use the method, also known…

November 15, 2021 by Bill Glahn