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[quote=Anonymous]Agree, I would love to see this in DC proper. The at-large council member primary this year is a great example. Anita Bonds won with just 35% of the vote even though she's very unpopular. Most of the rest of the vote was split between Lisa Gore and Nate Fleming. Bond's incumbent advantage is almost certainly what put her over the top (so many people vote in these primaries based exclusively on "I've heard of that person" with no research). But 70% of voters chose someone else! With ranked choice voting, I bet you anything Gore would have won, which also would have better reflected the actual will of the people, because most people who voted for Fleming probably would have ranked Gore second (and vice versa).[/quote]
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