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Ranked Choice Voting
early and often
May 31, 2022
Alaska Struggles With Its Weird New Election System A top-four primary, ranked-choice voting, and a special congressional election are colliding. Plus, the race features Sarah Palin and Santa Claus.
By Ed Kilgore
2022 midterms
Feb. 7, 2022
What’s the Point of Manchin and Murkowski Endorsing Each Other? Manchin has made a habit of backing relatively moderate Republican colleagues, but it probably won’t help Murkowski’s complex path to reelection.
By Ed Kilgore
the city politic
Dec. 3, 2021
Why New York City’s Low Voter Turnout Isn’t the Problem Everybody Says It Is The city’s voting system is far from perfect. But don’t buy the argument that it needs an overhaul to get more people to the polls.
By Errol Louis
virginia governor’s race
Oct. 27, 2021
If McAuliffe Loses to Youngkin, Don’t Blame Princess Blanding Major-party supporters have a bad habit of blaming close losses on “spoilers” like Blanding, who represent distinct and legitimate points of view.
By Ed Kilgore
Andrew Yang Is Now Too ‘Outsider’ for Our Two-Party System Leaving the Democratic Party and declaring himself an independent probably won’t help Yang get his ideas enacted, but maybe it will sell more books.
By Ed Kilgore
Did Ranked Choice Voting Community Education Efforts Work? More research is needed, but exit-poll analysis indicated no racial disparities in understanding ranked-choice voting or how to complete the ballot.
By Kovie Biakolo
2022 midterms
July 9, 2021
Paul LePage Is Running for Governor of Maine Again He’s counting on midterm backlash and an independent spoiler to beat Democrat Janet Mills. If he does, it will be seen as an omen for Trump ’24.
By Ed Kilgore
Eric Adams Declares Victory in Mayoral Primary: Updates He narrowly defeated Kathryn Garcia after absentee ballots were finally counted.
By Intelligencer Staff
the city politic
July 2, 2021
Who Won the Mayoral Primary? A complicated new voting system meets an archaic bureaucracy.
By David Freedlander
nyc mayoral race
July 2, 2021
The Big Winner of the NYC Mayor’s Race Was Ranked-Choice Voting The new format created a more dynamic campaign — and could be a model for the nation.
By Lee Drutman
2022 midterms
June 30, 2021
Will Ranked-Choice Voting Help or Hurt Lisa Murkowski? The veteran maverick Republican will have to fight off a Trump-endorsed conservative and a Democrat-backed independent if she runs for a fourth term.
By Ed Kilgore
Why There Could Be No Winner on Election Night New York City’s experiment in ranked-choice voting begins.
By Nia Prater
2021 mayoral race
June 20, 2021
Garcia Is Taking Yang’s Help, But Not Returning It The mayoral candidates may be campaigning together, but only Yang has cross-endorsed, and Garcia says she just wants his “number twos.”
By Chas Danner
2021 elections
May 11, 2021
MAGA + Money Wins Virginia’s GOP Gubernatorial Race “Christian outsider businessman” Glenn Youngkin has the dough to keep things interesting against Democrat Terry McAuliffe.
By Ed Kilgore
2021 elections
Apr. 30, 2021
Virginia GOP’s Gubernatorial Contest Is a Trumpian Mess An “unassembled” convention has spurred threats of a lawsuit from MAGA candidate Amanda Chase, who could also doom the whole ticket.
By Ed Kilgore
election reform
Nov. 18, 2020
Alaska Voters Approve Two Major Election Reforms Ballot Measure 2 gives Alaska a top-four nonpartisan primary system and (like Maine) ranked-choice voting. It could be good news for Lisa Murkowski.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Oct. 14, 2020
We May Have to Wait for Senate Election Results, Too For reasons ranging from slow counts of mail ballots to funky majority-vote requirements, we may not know who controls the Senate until January.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 elections
Sept. 15, 2020
Ranked-Choice Voting Would Prevent Minor-Party Spoilers Susan Collins might not like Maine’s new system come November, but it helps protect the freedom to choose minor parties and avoids the “spoiled” vote.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 25, 2020
Bye-Bye, Caucuses Wyoming’s April 4 contest may be the last-ever authorized Democratic presidential nominating caucus.
By Ed Kilgore
election reform
Feb. 15, 2020
Sometimes Slow Election Results Are Good for Democracy We have no birthright to instant election results, particularly when a slow count reflects greater access to the ballot.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Feb. 11, 2020
Nevada Tries Early Caucusing Essentially using ranked-choice voting, early participants can simulate the two-stage alignments and realignments of regular caucusgoers.
By Ed Kilgore
2020 presidential election
Feb. 13, 2019
There’s a New, Improved Iowa Democratic Caucus The new rules make it possible to participate by a “virtual caucus” and require an actual straw poll of all caucus participants.
By Ed Kilgore
2018 midterms
Nov. 9, 2018
All the Midterm Races That Remain Unresolved There are ten House races, two Senate races, and two gubernatorial races where there’s still doubt about who won.
By Ed Kilgore
8 Days After Primary, Maine Democrats Get Their Top Nominees First-place finishers in the Democratic primaries for governor and Congress won after “ranked-choice voting” implemented, but it took a while.
By Ed Kilgore
Primaries Set Up Big General-Election Battles From a wave of Democratic woman in Virginia to a shot at a GOP Senate seat in Nevada, the June 12 primaries set tables for a November banquet.
By Ed Kilgore
GOP Could Get Even Trumpier in June 12 Primaries The primaries range from big gubernatorial fights in South Carolina and Nevada to open House races in Virginia to ranked-choice voting in Maine.
By Ed Kilgore
