Ranked choice voting may be gaining momentum

Historically, neither party has fancied this, especially the Republicans with their strategy of gerrymandering. But now they've painted themselves into the Trump corner, maybe that can change.

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I doubt that a majority of voters in this country would understand a system more complex than selecting which box (of two) to put an X in.

More to the point, the people who benefit from the present unfair system are the same people who would have to initiate changing it. Unbloodylikely.

California now has a version of this for the primaries.

The result is that there are thirty-four candidates listed for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat: Demos, Repubs, third-party, Indys, and various wackos. I recognize one name in the list. Am I expected to seriously study all of the candidates? Really?