Ohio’s U.S. Senate race this year, as in 2022, illustrates how the current electoral system causes the defeat of the candidate whom a majority of voters prefer to each other candidate in the race.
An excellent column. Ohio would be well advised to adopt a Condorcet electoral system, which is simply another method of ranked-choice voting (RCV). The more common RCV method counts the ranked ballots differently than the Condorcet method, but the ballots voters fill out (by ranking candidates) are essentially identical. I believe studies have shown that both these RCV methods would result in the same outcome in most (but not all) cases. Also, the Condorcet method of RCV doesn't always (but usually does) result in a clear winner - the common RCV method does result in a clear winner.
However the ranked-choice ballots are counted, RCV in any flavor is vastly superior to closed primaries and plurality (winner-take-all) elections. Hopefully this November Republicans in Ohio (and elsewhere) will finally recognize the folly of closed primaries, which might be good for sending messages but not so good for winning general elections. Open primaries combined with RCV would not solve all our political dysfunctions but would be a strong step forward.
An excellent column. Ohio would be well advised to adopt a Condorcet electoral system, which is simply another method of ranked-choice voting (RCV). The more common RCV method counts the ranked ballots differently than the Condorcet method, but the ballots voters fill out (by ranking candidates) are essentially identical. I believe studies have shown that both these RCV methods would result in the same outcome in most (but not all) cases. Also, the Condorcet method of RCV doesn't always (but usually does) result in a clear winner - the common RCV method does result in a clear winner.
However the ranked-choice ballots are counted, RCV in any flavor is vastly superior to closed primaries and plurality (winner-take-all) elections. Hopefully this November Republicans in Ohio (and elsewhere) will finally recognize the folly of closed primaries, which might be good for sending messages but not so good for winning general elections. Open primaries combined with RCV would not solve all our political dysfunctions but would be a strong step forward.