| Ryan Prior | Psychology Today |
They argue that in many cases, the nonpartisan primaries would be accompanied by what’s called ranked choice voting: a system in which voters choose multiple candidates according to their order of preference. Ranked choice can influence voting behavior and decision-making.
”unwind the political paralysis
A smattering of political science research finds that such methods would unwind the political paralysis caused by the centrifugal forces spinning America toward extremes. Under conventional primary rules, candidates and parties are incentivized to campaign from ever-increasing left and right fringes.