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1 | 1.47% |
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67 | 98.53% |
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I'm confused as to how IRV is supposed to entrench centrist Democrats, unless you believe that centrists appeal to more people than leftwingers which wouldn't really speak well of your belief in your own ideology. I can see how the top-two system in California does this (the state party pressures left wing Democrats to drop out to avoid a lockout). In an IRV system, especially one that has primaries, the party might still want left wing candidates to drop out (because it's full of neolib centrist scum or something) but it would have no argument to voters as to why they should put Centrist Dem as their first preference instead of Left Dem 1 > Centrist Dem 2. If the party organization is full of centrists, the voting system will not stop them from wanting centrist candidates. Is your view that left wing Dems can only be elected if they win their primary in a fluke and centrists are forced to vote for them in the general?
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