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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone give an example (maybe using SC) of how a past election would have turned out if RCV had been used? Talk to me like I’m 10yo. I generally understand the concept, but don’t see how things would be wildly different sometimes. [/quote]

Trump probably doesn't get the nomination if all of the state primaries used RCV to assign delegates. This is because he had about a 1/3 share of the Republican primary voters locked up, and the field split the remaining 2/3. Now, imagine primary voters having the option to rank their preferred candidates. If they were given 2 choices, there likely would've been a lot more Kasich/Cruz (or Cruz/Kasich) ballots than Cruz/Trump and Kasich/Trump ballots. If they were given 3 choices, there likely would've been a lot more Kasich/Cruz/Rubio ballots than Kasich/Cruz/Trump ballots. And so on.

RCV reduces the likelihood that somebody relatively unpopular can skate through by simply winning a plurality, particularly when the runners-up would've gotten crossover support from the voters of other runners-up.

In DC, Bowser probably wouldn't've won the 2014 primary. Anita Bonds probably does not win an at-large seat in 2022. There are probably a few other cases, but those are just off the top of my head.[/quote]

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